The Reform Party election committee noted on the 8th that 'Lee Jun-seok, the presidential candidate, has seen a simultaneous surge in party membership, special party contributions, and YouTube subscribers after conducting various field-centered campaign activities over the past few weeks.'
According to the Reform Party, the number of party members, which had stagnated, has quickly increased since the campaign launch of candidate Lee on the 17th of last month. The recent average daily increase in members reached 508, with a maximum of 1,364 joining in a single day, the Reform Party reported. The membership, which had been stagnant at under 70,000 during the leadership of Her Eun-a, is now approaching 84,000.
The subscriber count for Lee's YouTube channel 'Lee Jun-seok TV' also surged. As of the 11th of last month, the subscriber count was 42,900, but it has since surpassed 94,800, more than doubling. In just the last three days, the number of subscribers increased by more than 20,000. The Reform Party explained that the strategy of reprocessing live content 'All Night LIVE' and major debate videos as shorts was effective for expanding the subscriber base.
The Reform Party also described the increase in special party contributions as significant. The party is funding its election campaign through three main sources: party support donations, candidate support donations, and special party contributions, which is a different approach from most parties that rely on candidate support donations.
Candidate Lee Jun-seok has been engaging in direct outreach to voters through activities such as visiting university cafeterias, greeting people on the streets, sending preliminary campaign materials in handwritten letters, announcing a total of 13 pledges, and releasing a YouTube series of the top 100 professions.
A member of the election committee said, 'Lee's active campaigning and pledge announcements are resonating with voters,' adding, 'Additionally, a shift of moderate conservatives toward the Reform Party has been detected following the internal strife in the People Power Party.'