Poll Shows that Korean Presidential Race Continues to Be Tight
The controversy over Yoon Seok-yul’s wife may cost him the Korean presidency if he can’t shore up his support with conservatives. Lee Jae-myung maybe able to win this election if he is able to gain support from Ahn Cheol-soo:
On December 27, a poll showed that the lead, which Yoon Seok-youl, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, had over Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party of Korea’s candidate, has narrowed (0.7%) to within the margin of error, suggesting a very close race.
Upon the request of OhmyNews, Realmeter conducted a survey of 3,090 people from December 19 to 24, and the results this day showed that 39.7% supported Lee Jae-myung, while 40.4% supported Yoon Seok-youl. Lee managed to obtain the support of 1.7% more voters from the previous survey (Dec. 12-17), while Yoon lost 4.0% of support. The difference between the two candidates was only 0.7%, 6.4% closer than in the previous survey.
Lee Jae-myung lost 2.7% of support from the progressives, but managed to gain 2.4% more support among the moderates, which contributed to his overall rise in support. Meanwhile, Yoon Seok-youl’s approval rating dropped 5.8% among the conservatives and 2.6% among the moderates. The controversy surrounding his wife, Kim Keon-hee and her fabricated resume and his conflicts with People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok appear to have influenced his drop in support.
Kyunghyang Shinmun
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Polls typically over-sample left, to help cover the voter fraud they often use. However, in Korea, people culturally tend to side with the group they perceive as the majority, so willfully-inaccurate polling could be considered close to treason.
Unless it’s your side doing the misdirection, right?
Now let’s have a look at other polls that might not so favor ROKDROP’s biased poll results.
Lee Jae Myung leads the polls at 36.6% vs Yoon at 27.7%
MBC has it Lee at 38% vs Yoon at 37.3%
But no matter which poll you subscribe to, all of the articles suggest one thing: Yoon has lost big grounds not just due to his wife’s fake degrees.