[Akyeong Poll] 'Resignation Last Stand' Lee Nak-yeon Closely Chases Lee Jae-myung by 5.7%P... Jeong Sye-gyun's Vote Direction Key

[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] The approval rating of former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon, who made a bold move by resigning from his parliamentary seat, stands at 23.9%, showing a close race within the margin of error (5.7 percentage points) against Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung, who has 29.6%. Former Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun was found to have a 6.0% approval rating in a poll conducted from the 11th to 12th, just before his sudden resignation on the 13th.

According to the poll results on the 'Democratic Party presidential candidate suitability,' Governor Lee Jae-myung leads with 29.6%, followed by former leader Lee Nak-yeon at 23.9%, former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae at 6.6%, former Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun at 6.0%, Representative Park Yong-jin at 4.9%, and Representative Kim Du-kwan at 3.1%. Other figures accounted for 3.1%, while 'none' and 'don't know' were recorded at 20.3% and 4.0%, respectively.

Former leader Lee Nak-yeon, ahead of the Honam primary, employed a 'do-or-die' strategy including resigning from his parliamentary seat, resulting in a 1.4 percentage point increase compared to the previous poll (August 21?22), whereas Governor Lee Jae-myung dropped by 0.5 percentage points. Consequently, the gap between the two candidates' approval ratings narrowed from 7.6 to 5.7 percentage points. In a poll limited to Democratic Party supporters, Governor Lee led with 48.1%, with former leader Lee at 33.2%, a gap of 14.9 percentage points. However, by region, although the sample size was small (102 respondents), the approval ratings in Gwangju and Jeolla showed a narrow gap between Governor Lee (36.4%) and former leader Lee (36.3%).

Former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae, who gained momentum amid allegations of former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl's 'prosecution report scandal,' recorded a 7.7% approval rating among Democratic Party supporters. Notably, among supporters of the reform-oriented Open Democratic Party, her approval rating was 16.3%, higher than former leader Lee's 12.6%. Choo Mi-ae rose to third place through the Daegu-Gyeongbuk primary and the first Super Week (cumulative vote share 11.35%).

This poll was conducted by Asia Economy through Win-G Korea Consulting, targeting voters aged 18 and older nationwide from the 11th to 12th, with 1,022 respondents and an overall response rate of 7.4%. The survey method was 100% mobile phone virtual numbers via wireless ARS, and the sample was extracted with weighted values by gender, age, and region based on the resident registration population as of the end of January 2021 by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (cell weighting). The sampling error is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For detailed survey information, please refer to the Win-G Korea Consulting website or the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission website.

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