"Opposition Party Leadership Support: Lee Jun-seok Leads with 30.1%, Na Kyung-won Second at 17.4%" [Hangil Research]

Published 23 May.2021 16:54(KST)

Former Supreme Council Member Lee Jun-seok of the People Power Party is declaring his candidacy for party leader on the afternoon of the 20th at the People Power Party Central Office in Yeouido, Seoul. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Seoyoung Kwon] In a poll on the next leader of the People Power Party, former Supreme Council member Lee Jun-seok showed a support rate in the 30% range.

Today (the 23rd), Hangil Research announced that it conducted a poll on the party leader support rate among 1,000 adults on the 22nd, the deadline for registering as a candidate for the People Power Party leader. The survey was commissioned by Cookie News, and the margin of error is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.

The survey results showed that former Supreme Council member Lee Jun-seok's support rate was 30.1%, the highest among the candidates. He led former lawmaker Na Kyung-won, who ranked second with 17.4%, by 12.7 percentage points.

Lee’s support base was mostly composed of males (35.8%), people in their 30s (36.2%), and those with moderate political tendencies (36%).

Following were lawmaker Joo Ho-young with 9.3%, lawmaker Kim Woong with 5.0%, lawmaker Kim Eun-hye with 4.9%, lawmaker Hong Moon-pyo with 3.7%, and lawmaker Cho Kyung-tae with 2.8%. 'Others/Don’t know/No response' accounted for 23.6%.

This result reverses the previous poll conducted by the same organization from the 8th to the 11th. At that time, former lawmaker Na had 15.9%, and former Supreme Council member Lee had 13.1%. However, since the People Power Party leader is elected by combining 70% party member votes and 30% general public opinion polls, there are opinions that the poll results will not directly determine the outcome.

For more details, please refer to the website of the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission.