Polls Show Opposition Parties Leading Ruling Party’s Candidate for Mayor of Seoul
Is this a sign that the Korean people are tiring of Moon Jae-in and the ruling Democratic Party:
Two leading opposition candidates for next month’s Seoul mayoral by-election are double digits ahead of their ruling party rival should they unify candidacy and run in a two-way race, a survey showed Sunday.
Conducted by three pollsters, Ipsos, Korea Research and Hankook Research, the survey found that Oh Se-hoon of the main opposition People Power Party garnered 47 percent with Park Young-sun of the ruling Democratic Party winning 30.4 percent in a hypothetical two-way race.
Ahn Cheol-soo of the People’s Party got 45.9 percent versus the ruling party candidate’s 29.9 percent in a two-way contest, according to the survey commissioned by three broadcasters, SBS, KBS and MBC.
Yonhap
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The people, especially the voters who are in the center, have tired of the Democratic Party.
The problem is the People’s Power candidate for Mayor of Seoul is well know for and hasn’t given up his controversial position of eliminating free school lunches, which will probably not sit well with a lot of Seoulites who have have children in school. (His position also led to his previous resignation)
It will be interesting to see how the people will actually vote on April 7th.