A recent poll showed that in the suitability of candidates for the People Power Party's presidential candidate, Han Dong-hoon ranked first with 16%, ahead of other candidates.
Candidates Hong Joon-pyo (15%), Kim Moon-soo (12%), and Ahn Cheol-soo (8%) followed.
When applying the actual rules of the second round of voting limited to supporters of the People Power Party and the undecided, Han, Hong, and Kim were neck and neck at 22%. Ahn was at 6%.
On the 27th, a poll conducted by Korea Research at the request of KBS from the 22nd to the 24th showed these results, based on telephone interviews with 3,000 individuals aged 18 and older. The margin of error is ±1.8% at a 95% confidence level.
In terms of the overall candidate suitability for the presidential election, Han Duck-soo, the acting Prime Minister whose candidacy for the early election on June 3 is widely discussed, ranked second with 11%, following Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea at 42%. This is the first time Han has been included in a KBS poll.
Following them were Han with 9%, Hong with 8%, and Kim with 7%. Lee Jun-seok of the Reform Party candidate was at 3%, Ahn at 2%, and Kim Dong-yeon and Kim Kyeong-soo of the Democratic Party at 1%, with Yoo Seong-min, a former member of the People Power Party, also at 1%.
The response 'there is no suitable candidate for the presidential election or unknown, no response' also reached 13%.
When asked if Han's candidacy is appropriate, 70% opposed it, citing that he should focus on his role as acting president, which is more than three times the 23% in favor of his candidacy.
Political circles predict that Han may announce his candidacy after resigning as early as the 30th.
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