Despite Mother-in-Law Controversy, Yoon Seok-yeol Leads Opposition Presidential Candidates... Yoon Hee-sook Ranks 7th with 3%

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] In a suitability survey for opposition presidential candidates, former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol maintained his first-place position. Yoon Hee-sook, a member of the People Power Party who has thrown her hat into the ring for the party's presidential primary, secured 3%, placing seventh.

On the 4th, in a suitability survey for opposition presidential candidates conducted by polling firm PNR Research on behalf of Money Today The300 and the Future Korea Institute, 1,001 adults nationwide were surveyed the previous day. Former Prosecutor General Yoon took first place with 37.2%. Although Yoon officially began his political career by declaring his participation in politics, he faced setbacks such as his mother-in-law being legally detained on charges of illegally operating a nursing hospital and fraudulent receipt of nursing benefits. Despite these positive and negative factors overlapping, he maintained his first-place position.

Following former Prosecutor General Yoon, Hong Joon-pyo, a member of the People Power Party, ranked second with 13.5%, and former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min came in third with 9.2%. Ahn Cheol-soo, leader of the People’s Party, recorded 5.1%, former Board of Audit and Inspection Chairman Choi Jae-hyung had 4.3%, and Ha Tae-kyung, a member of the People Power Party, had 3.3%.

Yoon Hee-sook, who made a significant impact last July with a five-minute speech in the National Assembly starting with "I am a tenant," placed seventh. She declared her presidential bid on the 2nd. Following her, Jeju Governor Won Hee-ryong and former Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Kim Dong-yeon recorded 3.0% and 2.3%, respectively. The response rate for "none" was 14.2%.

This survey was conducted using a mixed method of wireless and landline automated response. The sample consisted of 90% randomly extracted mobile phone RDD and 10% randomly extracted landline phone RDD, with a response rate of 3.4%. The margin of error was ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. After the survey was completed, regional, gender, and age weighting (rim weighting) was applied based on the resident registration population from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety as of March this year. For more detailed information, please refer to the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission website.

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