“No Runoff Election” Lee Jae-myung Camp Confident of Majority Vote

Lee Jae-myung, the preliminary presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, is delivering a greeting at the policy agreement ceremony with professional organizations held at the Yeouido election campaign office in Seoul on the 24th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] The camp of Lee Jae-myung, the leading presidential candidate from the Democratic Party of Korea and Governor of Gyeonggi Province, expressed confidence in securing 'more than a majority' support in the regional primaries.

On the 25th, Min Hyung-bae, head of the strategy headquarters of the camp, stated at the first weekly briefing held at the Yeouido campaign office in the morning, "To put it simply, we have already secured more than a majority in the party primary."

The Chungcheong region, where the first regional primary is held, was classified as a relatively weak area for Governor Lee's camp, but they said support is rising sharply. Head Min analyzed, "In the Chungcheong area, looking at past survey results, among the active supporters who are considered highly likely to participate in the primary, support exceeds 55%." He added, "Initially, we thought Chungcheong would be difficult, but as the number of supporters expanded, it seems we have comfortably secured more than a majority."

Regarding the overheating of negative campaigning, he said, "Negative campaigning no longer raises or even stagnates (a particular candidate's) support rate," and "Governor Lee's recent declaration to stop negative campaigning head-on also stems from this confidence. In fact, the support rate is trending upward." He also strongly refuted claims that support among women in their 20s and 30s is relatively low. Lee's camp said, "We don't know which statistics you are referring to," and added, "Recent policies related to women have received great responses. It is not true that Governor Lee's support rate is unilaterally lower than that of competing candidates as before."

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