[AKY Poll] Park Hyung-jun Leading for Opposition, Kim Young-choon Leading for Ruling Party as "Suitable Busan Mayor"

[Asia Economy Reporter Wondara] It has been revealed that Busan citizens consider Professor Park Hyung-jun of Dong-A University from the People Power Party and Secretary-General Kim Young-choon of the National Assembly from the Democratic Party as the most suitable candidates for the next mayor of Busan.

According to a public opinion survey conducted by Asia Economy through Win-G Korea Consulting from the 12th to 13th targeting 1,020 voters aged 18 and over residing in Busan Metropolitan City (100% mobile phone virtual numbers, automated response), 22.4% of Busan citizens thought Professor Park was the most suitable candidate from the People Power Party. Following him were former lawmaker Lee Eon-ju (15.7%), lawmaker Seo Byung-soo (12.2%), former lawmaker Park Min-sik (5.9%), and former lawmaker Lee Jin-bok (5.4%) in that order.

Among the Democratic Party candidates, Secretary-General Kim received the highest response at 18.7%, followed by former lawmaker Kim Hae-young (10%), Democratic Party international spokesperson Choi Ji-eun (5.5%), acting mayor of Busan Byun Sung-wan (4.4%), and former Busan City Council Chairperson Park In-young (2.4%).

Professor Park received 33.9% support among People Power Party supporters, while Secretary-General Kim received 40% support among Democratic Party supporters. Both candidates significantly outperformed the next-ranked candidates, former lawmaker Lee (23.8%) and spokesperson Choi (11.5%), in suitability within their party support bases. Lawmaker Seo has not yet announced whether he will run, and some speculate he may not participate.

Within the Democratic Party, former lawmaker Kim declared he would not run. On the 13th, he stated, "I will challenge only when I am certain, rather than for political gains." Spokesperson Choi leads former lawmaker Kim by 0.1 percentage points in the party support base survey.

Meanwhile, interest among Busan citizens in Democratic Party candidates was relatively low in this survey. When asked about the suitability of Democratic Party candidates, 53.4% responded "none or don't know." In contrast, 33.2% responded "none or don't know" when asked about People Power Party candidates' suitability.

This survey was conducted from the 12th to 13th targeting voters aged 18 and over residing in Busan Metropolitan City, with an overall response rate of 7.3%, totaling 1,020 respondents. The survey method was wireless ARS using 100% mobile phone virtual numbers. The sample was extracted with weighting by gender, age, and region based on the resident registration population as of the end of November 2020 from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (cell weighting). The sampling error is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For detailed survey information, refer to the Win-G Korea Consulting website or the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission website.