'MuyaHong' Hong Joon-pyo Rises to 3rd Place, Surpassing Lee Nak-yeon... Lee Jae-myung 28%, Yoon Seok-youl 26.4%

Highest Support Among People in Their 20s
Surpasses Lee Nak-yeon for the First Time

People Power Party presidential candidate Hong Joon-pyo is seen smiling brightly while attentively listening to reporters' questions at the 'Hong Joon-pyo Presidential Preliminary Candidate Party Member Greeting and Press Conference' held on the afternoon of the 3rd at the People Power Party Gyeongnam Provincial Office in Uichang-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongnam.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] A public opinion poll released on the 6th showed that Hong Joon-pyo, the presidential candidate from the People Power Party, surpassed former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon to enter third place in the suitability ranking for the next presidential candidate. This result is interpreted as a rise fueled by strong support from the 2030 generation.

According to a survey conducted by the Korea Society Opinion Institute (KSOI) commissioned by TBS from the 3rd to 4th, targeting 1,003 people nationwide aged 18 and older, Hong recorded 13.6%, entering third place for the first time in the same survey. Meanwhile, former leader Lee, who had been in third place in the previous survey (conducted on the 27th-28th of last month), dropped to fourth place with 11.7%. Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung and former Prosecutor General Yoon, competing for first and second place, recorded 28.0% and 26.4%, respectively, continuing a close race within the margin of error.

Hong’s support rose by 4.2 percentage points compared to the previous survey, while Lee’s support fell by 1.9 percentage points.

This result is closely related to Hong’s recent high support among the 2030 generation, even earning the nickname "MuyaHong" (meaning "Unconditionally the opposition candidate is Hong Joon-pyo"). By age group, Hong received the highest support among candidates with 26.3% from those under their 20s. Additionally, in their 30s, Hong led with 19.5%, surpassing Lee’s 15.4%.

Other candidates ranked as follows: former Board of Audit and Inspection Chairman Choi Jae-hyung (4.1%), former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min (3.7%), former Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae (2.5%), People’s Party leader Ahn Cheol-soo (1.6%), Justice Party lawmaker Shim Sang-jung (1.4%), and Democratic Party lawmaker Park Yong-jin (0.8%).

Hong’s upward trend was also prominent in the question about "suitability for the next presidential candidate in the broad conservative camp." Hong recorded 26.3%, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey, closely trailing former Prosecutor General Yoon (28.2%) within the margin of error.

The margin of error for this survey is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. The survey method was wireless ARS using 100% mobile phone virtual numbers, and the sample was extracted with weighted values by gender, age, and region based on the resident registration population as of the end of August 2021 from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (cell weighting). For detailed information, please refer to the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission website.

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