[AKYUNG Poll] Did Yoon Absorb Hong Jun-pyo's Support? Yoon Leads Lee Beyond Margin of Error

Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, attended the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 8th and received a lucky pouch from Lee Jun-seok, the party leader, before the meeting started, saying it would be helpful for the election. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hyun-joo] A poll on the multi-candidate race for the 20th presidential election showed that Yoon Seok-yeol, the candidate of the People Power Party, leads Lee Jae-myung, the candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, by 8.2 percentage points.

On the 9th, Asia Economy commissioned Win-G Korea Consulting to conduct a public opinion survey (100% mobile phone virtual numbers, automated response) targeting 1,005 voters aged 18 and older nationwide from the 6th to the 7th. When asked about the suitability for the next president, Yoon's support rate was the highest at 41.4%. Lee recorded 33.2%. Following them were Ahn Cheol-soo of the People’s Party at 5.2%, Sim Sang-jung of the Justice Party at 3.0%, and Kim Dong-yeon, the preparatory committee chairman of the New Wave Party, at 1.7%.

Compared to the multi-candidate next presidential candidate support poll conducted in the second week of October, Yoon’s support sharply rose by 16.1 percentage points, surpassing Lee beyond the margin of error. At that time, Yoon’s support rate was 25.3%, and Hong Joon-pyo of the People Power Party was 18.3%. Meanwhile, Lee’s support increased by only 5.0 percentage points from 28.2% in the same survey. It appears that Yoon benefited from the 'convention effect' that occurs immediately after the primary election.