Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate from the Democratic Party of Korea, recorded 50.2% in a suitability survey for the next presidential candidate, according to the poll results released on the 21st. This is the first time that the candidate has surpassed the 50% mark.
Realmeter, commissioned by the Energy Economics Newspaper, conducted a suitability survey for the next presidential candidates among 1,504 voters aged 18 and older nationwide from the 16th to the 18th (with a 95% confidence level and a margin of error of ±2.5 percentage points). The results showed that the candidate rose by 1.4 percentage points from last week.
Following this candidate, Kim Moon-soo, the presidential candidate from the People Power Party who had recorded the highest preference in the conservative camp, came in second with 12.2%. Candidate Kim also saw an increase of 1.3 percentage points from the previous week. Next was Han Dong-hoon from the People Power Party with 8.5%, followed by Hong Joon-pyo from the People Power Party with 7.5%. Other candidates included ▲Na Kyung-won from the People Power Party at 4.0% ▲Ahn Cheol-soo from the People Power Party at 3.7% ▲Lee Jun-seok from the Reform Party at 3.5% ▲Kim Dong-yeon from the Democratic Party at 2.0% ▲Kim Kyeong-soo from the Democratic Party at 1.8%.
The party approval ratings were 48.7% for the Democratic Party of Korea and 32.9% for the People Power Party. Compared to last week's survey, the Democratic Party's rating rose by 2.0 percentage points, while the People Power Party's rating fell by 0.2 percentage points. The gap between the two parties increased to 15.8 percentage points, widening by 2.2 percentage points from the previous week and remaining outside the margin of error for four consecutive weeks.
In the next presidential power preference survey, support for regime change rose by 1.2 percentage points to 59.9% compared to the previous week, while support for extending the regime fell by 1.0 percentage points to 34.3%. For the eighth consecutive week since the fourth week of February, public opinion favoring regime change has been ahead of that favoring regime extension outside the margin of error, and the gap is steadily increasing.
This survey was conducted using a 100% wireless automated response method, with a response rate of 6.6%. For more details, refer to the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission's website.