In the upcoming June local elections, if a chief executive is elected for the Chungnam-Daejeon Integrated Metropolitan City, a Democratic Party of Korea candidate leads a People Power Party candidate, according to a poll. Support for administrative integration was higher in South Chungcheong than in Daejeon.
Media Tomato surveyed 1,627 adults age 18 and older living in South Chungcheong and Daejeon (808 in South Chungcheong, 819 in Daejeon) from on the 31st to on the 1st, and found that, when asked about which party's candidate they would support, the Democratic Party of Korea polled at 45.2% and the People Power Party at 32.1%. They were followed by the Reform Party at 3.6%, the Rebuilding Korea Party at 2.8%, and The Progressive Party at 2.5%.
On the question of suitability for chief executive of the integrated Chungnam-Daejeon Metropolitan City, among the Democratic Party of Korea contenders, Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik led at 24.4%. He was followed by former South Chungcheong Gov. Yang Seung-jo at 11.7%, former Daejeon Mayor Heo Tae-jung at 9.4%, Rep. Park Soo-hyun at 7.1%, Rep. Park Beom-kye at 6.7%, Rep. Jang Cheol-min at 3.3%, and Rep. Jang Jong-tae at 2.5%.
In the People Power Party, South Chungcheong Gov. Kim Tae-heum led suitability for the integrated chief executive at 24.9%. Daejeon Mayor Lee Jang-woo came in at 16.6%. Responses saying "no suitable person" totaled 33.3%.
In a two-way hypothetical matchup between Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik and Gov. Kim Tae-heum, who posted the highest suitability in each party, Kang Hoon-sik recorded 40.7% and Kim Tae-heum 24.0%. In a two-way hypothetical matchup between Kang Hoon-sik and Mayor Lee Jang-woo, Kang Hoon-sik polled at 41.7% and Lee Jang-woo at 21.7%, widening the gap.
Meanwhile, support for administrative integration between South Chungcheong and Daejeon was 50.2%, with 40.0% opposed. "Don't know" was 9.7%. In South Chungcheong, support was 55.8%, higher than opposition (32.3%). In contrast, Daejeon showed 41.7% support and 50.8% opposition. The gap in support between South Chungcheong and Daejeon is 14.1 percentage points (p).
The survey randomly sampled subscribers of the three mobile carriers (SKT, KT, LGU+) and was conducted via wireless ARS. The margin of sampling error is ±2.4 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For details, refer to the website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.