Yoon Seok-yeol and Hong Joon-pyo Tied at 27% Support... One Day Before Candidate Nomination, 'Neck-and-Neck Race'

Yoon Seok-yeol Leads in People Power Party Supporter Poll
Hong Joon-pyo Leads Among 20s to 40s Age Group

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol and Assemblyman Hong Joon-pyo, who are competing as the People Power Party's presidential candidates, showed tied approval ratings in a public opinion poll. With the People Power Party's primary election vote count just a day away, the neck-and-neck support rates between Yoon and Hong have drawn intense attention to the election outcome.

According to a poll released on the 4th by polling firms Embrain Public, K-Stat Research, Korea Research, and Hankook Research (National Indicator Survey·NBS), both former Prosecutor General Yoon and Assemblyman Hong recorded 27% in the 'People Power Party presidential candidate suitability' category. Former Assemblyman Yoo Seung-min received 10%, former Jeju Governor Won Hee-ryong 3%, none 31%, and no response 3%.

In the previous survey (conducted from the 25th to 27th of last month), Yoon's approval rating had dropped to 20% due to his remarks defending former President Chun Doo-hwan and the dog apology controversy, but this time it rose by 7 percentage points. Hong also increased by 2 percentage points compared to the last survey. Yoo and Won each dropped by 3 and 1 percentage points, respectively.

Among People Power Party supporters, Yoon secured 53% support, while Hong showed relatively weaker support at 34%. The opinion of People Power Party supporters is considered to reflect the tendencies of party members, whose votes account for 50% of the primary election, thus attracting attention.

By generation, those in their 20s to 40s showed a preference for Hong, whereas those aged 50 and above favored Yoon, indicating a generational three-way contest pattern.

This survey was conducted from the 1st to 3rd among 1,004 adult men and women nationwide aged 18 and over, using telephone interviews with virtual mobile numbers. The sampling error is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, and the response rate was 30.1%. For more details, refer to the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission website.

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