2030 Female Surge in Democratic Party Membership... "Over 11,000 Joined After Presidential Election, 80% Women"

Former Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung, who was defeated in the presidential election, is attending the disbandment ceremony of the campaign headquarters held at the central party office in Yeouido, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 10th, greeting the lined-up lawmakers and party officials. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] The Seoul branch of the Democratic Party of Korea announced that more than 11,000 people joined the party online over two days starting from the 10th, immediately after the 20th presidential election.

On the afternoon of the 11th, the Seoul Democratic Party issued a press release stating, "Since right after the presidential election, inquiries about online party membership have been flooding in." According to the Democratic Party, 80% of the approximately 11,000 online new members are women, and more than half of them are in their 20s and 30s.

The Democratic Party also reported that inquiries are continuing not only about new memberships but also about converting from general members to rights-holding members who pay monthly dues of 1,000 won or more.

Regarding this, Democratic Party lawmaker Kwon In-sook wrote on Facebook that "During this presidential election period, when discrimination and hatred were widespread, women in their 20s and 30s proved through consolidated voting that solidarity can overcome hatred," adding, "Under the pretext of the so-called generational encirclement theory, structural gender discrimination was denied, and the wrong politics that engaged in 'gender division' was democratically judged together with men opposing discrimination and hatred."

Lawmaker Kwon said, "Those women in their 20s and 30s are joining the Democratic Party to change it," and "They are willingly standing as comrades to properly follow the path of gender equality and integration promised during the election period. I am grateful."

She also emphasized, "Instead of being cynical and giving up, I will stand with all of you who have taken action for change," and "I will take the lead in creating new values for the Democratic Party beyond discrimination and hatred."

Meanwhile, according to the joint exit poll conducted by the three major broadcasters (KBS, MBC, SBS) on the 9th, former Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung received 58% of the votes from women aged 20 and under, and 49.7% from women in their 30s. Compared to President-elect Yoon Seok-youl’s vote shares of 33.8% and 43.8% respectively, these figures are 24.2 percentage points and 5.9 percentage points higher.

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