Changwon Mayor Heo Seong-moo Wins Against Anyone... 47.7% Approve of His Performance in the 7th Term of Direct Election

Heo Seong-mu 39.5% VS Cha Ju-mok 37.4%
Heo Seong-mu 41.4% VS Heo Young 19.3%
Heo Seong-mu 41.6% VS Jang Dong-hwa 19.7%

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Jucheol In] A poll released on the 29th showed that citizens of Changwon most prefer the current Mayor Heo Seong-mu to continue as the next mayor in the June 1 local elections.

According to a poll conducted by PNR Research on June 26, commissioned by Gyeongnam Daily Newspaper and the Future Korea Research Institute, among 1,000 men and women aged 18 or older residing in Changwon, 31.7% preferred Mayor Heo Seong-mu the most.

He leads by a margin of 14.5 percentage points over the second-place candidate, Cha Joo-mok, a preliminary candidate from the People Power Party, who received 17.2%. Following candidate Cha are Hong Nam-pyo (9.7%), Jang Dong-hwa (5.3%), Heo Young (3.5%), Jo Cheong-rae (3.3%), and Song Byung-kwon (2.7%), all preliminary candidates from the People Power Party.

In a head-to-head contest between Mayor Heo and candidate Cha Joo-mok, Mayor Heo led with 39.5% to Cha’s 37.4%, a difference of 2.1 percentage points.

In a head-to-head contest between Mayor Heo and candidate Heo Young, Mayor Heo led with 41.4% to Heo Young’s 19.3%, a margin of 22.1 percentage points, which is outside the margin of error.

In a head-to-head contest between Mayor Heo and candidate Jang Dong-hwa, Mayor Heo led with 41.6% to Jang Dong-hwa’s 19.7%, a margin of 21.9 percentage points, also outside the margin of error.

Regarding the overall evaluation of Mayor Heo Seong-mu’s administration, 47.7% of Changwon citizens gave a positive assessment, indicating that they think the people-centered administration of the 7th local government term is ‘doing well.’

Specifically, 17.7% said ‘very well,’ 30% said ‘fairly well,’ 15.5% were ‘not sure,’ 22.8% said ‘fairly poorly,’ and 13.9% said ‘very poorly.’

Party support was as follows: People Power Party 41.2%, Democratic Party 27.7%, People’s Party 12.4%, Justice Party 3.2%, and other parties 3.0%.

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

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