Lee and Yoon Check Voting Status at Home... Final Appeal to "Please Vote"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] With the early voting rate for the 20th presidential election approaching 37%, marking a record high, attention is focused on whether the voter turnout will exceed 80% for the first time in 25 years. On the 9th, the camps of Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea and Yoon Seok-youl of the People Power Party were encouraging voting until the very end.

That afternoon, candidate Lee expressed gratitude to the citizens he had met over the 251 days since his declaration of candidacy and urged them to vote. Through his SNS, he posted a message titled "I will not forget the hearts of those I met over 251 days," stating, "Since declaring my candidacy, I have met countless people nationwide over 251 days," and added, "The earnest pleas of those people are deeply engraved in my heart."

In particular, he emphasized, "Please vote not for Lee Jae-myung, but for the people. So that ordinary and sincere citizens can have hope, please vote earnestly for yourselves and your neighbors," and urged, "Please create a country where the people are the president, not a country where Lee Jae-myung is the president."

Candidate Yoon also stated on Facebook, "If we vote, we will surely win," and urged, "Please realize the entire nation's desire for regime change through voting." He continued, "There are only a few hours left for the presidential election voting," and said, "The current voter turnout is not meeting expectations. If the turnout is not high, the results cannot be guaranteed."

Both candidates are currently monitoring the voting situation from their respective homes. Once the outline of the counting results becomes clear, they plan to visit the situation room and party headquarters late at night. However, as a very close race is expected until the last moment, the timing of their movement is difficult to predict. Political circles anticipate that the final voter turnout in this presidential election may exceed 80%. This is based on the analysis that the two candidates will engage in a tight race, leading to consolidation of the ruling and opposition party supporters. The early voting rate conducted on the 4th and 5th recorded a historic high of 36.93%, rising more than 10 percentage points compared to the 26.06% of the 19th presidential election.

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