Lee Jae-myung 36.6% Yoon Seok-youl 27.7% 'Golden Cross'... Leading Beyond Margin of Error

From the left, Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, and Yoon Seok-youl, the People Power Party presidential candidate [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Sumi] A poll showed that Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, is ahead of Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party candidate, beyond the margin of error.

The polling specialist Southern Post conducted a telephone interview survey (100% wireless) of 1,010 men and women nationwide aged 18 and over for two days from the 24th to the 25th, commissioned by CBS, asking "Who would you vote for in the presidential election?" The result showed that 36.6% of respondents supported candidate Lee, the highest percentage.

Candidate Yoon ranked second with 27.7%. The gap in support between the two candidates was 8.9%, which is outside the margin of error.

Following them, Ahn Cheol-soo of the People’s Party received 4.1%, and Sim Sang-jung of the Justice Party received 3.9%.

18.9% responded that they had no preferred candidate, and 5.8% answered "don’t know/no response."

By age group, except for those "60 years and older," the proportion of respondents who said they would vote for candidate Lee was higher in all age groups.

By region, candidate Lee’s support was higher in all areas except "Daejeon/Sejong/Chungcheong" and "Daegu/Gyeongbuk."

The proportion of respondents who said they would continue to support their current candidate was 77.0%. On the other hand, 21.9% said they might change their preferred candidate. The younger the age group, the higher the percentage who responded that they might change their current preferred candidate.

Meanwhile, regarding allegations of false career claims by candidate Yoon’s spouse Kim Geon-hee, 62.7% responded that Kim should personally come forward to clarify the issue. 28.2% said there was no need for that.

The sample error of this survey is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. The survey was conducted via 100% wireless telephone interviews using virtual phone numbers provided by the three major telecommunications companies, with a response rate of 20.6%. For more details, refer to the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.

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