A poll result released on the 28th showed that Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate from the Democratic Party of Korea, topped the list of the next presidential candidates with a preference rate of 48.5%.
According to the results of a survey conducted by Realmeter at the request of the Energy Economics Newspaper, the candidate's preference rate dropped by 1.7 percentage points from the previous week.
In the ongoing primary of the People Power Party, the preference rates were as follows: ▲Kim Moon-soo 13.4% ▲Hong Joon-pyo 10.2% ▲Han Dong-hoon 9.7%. The preference rates for the three candidates were within the margin of error. Following them were Lee Jun-seok of the Reform Party (4.4%) and Ahn Cheol-soo of the People Power Party (2.5%).
Support for political parties was 46.8% for the Democratic Party of Korea and 34.6% for the People Power Party, showing that the Democratic Party has maintained a lead outside the margin of error for five consecutive weeks (12.2 percentage points). Compared to the previous survey, support for the Democratic Party dropped by 1.9 percentage points, while support for the People Power Party increased by 1.7 percentage points.
In a survey on preferences for the ruling powers in the next presidential election, support for regime change was 56.8%, down 3.1 percentage points from the previous week. Support for regime extension was 37.7%, up 3.4 percentage points. Although the gap between the two opinions narrowed to 19.1 percentage points, support for regime change has surpassed that for regime extension for the ninth consecutive week.
This survey was conducted from the 23rd to the 25th among 1,505 voters over the age of 18 using a 100% automated response method, with a margin of error of ±2.5 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. The response rate was 7.3%. For detailed information, please refer to the website of the Central Election Poll Survey Deliberation Committee.