Kim Jaewon "Leak of Poll Results, Principally Difficult"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] During the aggregation of public opinion polls for the preliminary cutoff in the People Power Party's party convention, suspicions arose that the results were leaked. Ahn Cheol-soo's campaign raised their voices, calling it a "serious crime." Former Supreme Council member Kim Jae-won, who is running for the Supreme Council, said, "In principle, it is difficult for the results to be leaked."

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On the 10th, former Supreme Council member Kim said on YTN's "News King Park Ji-hoon" that "When conducting public opinion polls, the interviewers mark the responses, and intermediate aggregation can be done, but this is not done by one company but by three companies," adding, "Since it is three companies, it is impossible to aggregate the results in advance and report them somewhere."

Another reason the possibility of leakage is low is that employees who leak results could be punished. Kim said, "If someone did that, they would be severely punished. But system-wise, I think it is difficult," and added, "In the past, I also handled practical tasks, and usually, even if everything is organized in the public opinion poll, the companies create reports, seal them, and submit them to the party, which are then opened on-site around 10 a.m. today."

He emphasized that it is systemically difficult for the results to be leaked. He said, "(They open the reports on-site) and aggregate them; it is not a system where you can see the results in advance," and added, "For example, if the Kim Ki-hyun campaign leaked such information to the media to create a favorable situation, that could be a highly strategic move, but I do not believe the actual public opinion poll results were leaked," pointing out that the report itself lacks credibility.

He also said, "I think any form of public opinion polls interfering in elections should be stopped," and added, "Public opinion polls are very inaccurate, and it is wrong to convert the poll results into votes and reflect them."

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