Lee Jae-myung 28.3% vs Yoon Seok-youl 28.0%... Tight Race Amid 'Daejang-dong Political Turmoil'

KSOI-TBS Commissioned Poll Results
Gap Narrowed from 2.9%P to 0.3%P

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] A public opinion poll shows that Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung, a ruling party candidate, and former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl, an opposition candidate, are continuing a close race in the preference survey for the next presidential candidate.

On the 4th, the Korea Society Opinion Institute (KSOI) conducted a survey commissioned by TBS from the 1st to the 2nd, targeting 1,006 people nationwide aged 18 and older. The results showed Governor Lee at 28.3% and former Prosecutor General Yoon at 28.0%.

Governor Lee fell by 1.7 percentage points compared to a week earlier, while former Prosecutor General Yoon rose by 0.9 percentage points, narrowing the gap between the two candidates from 2.9 percentage points to 0.3 percentage points.

People Power Party lawmaker Hong Joon-pyo followed with 16.7%, and former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon with 11.9%.

Next were former Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae at 2.3%, former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min at 2.0%, former Board of Audit and Inspection Chairman Choi Jae-hyung at 1.8%, People’s Party leader Ahn Cheol-soo at 1.7%, Justice Party lawmaker Shim Sang-jung at 1.3%, and Democratic Party lawmaker Park Yong-jin at 0.9%.

In the suitability ratings for progressive presidential candidates, Governor Lee scored 31.9%, former leader Lee 22.2%, lawmaker Park 7.1%, lawmaker Shim 3.9%, and former Minister Chu 3.6%.

In the suitability ratings for conservative presidential candidates, lawmaker Hong scored 29.8%, former Prosecutor General Yoon 29.6%, former lawmaker Yoo 11.2%, and leader Ahn 3.0%.

The margin of error for this survey is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For more details, please refer to the website of the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission.

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