Ahn Cheol-soo at 17%, New High... In Binary Matchups Yoon 42% > Lee 40% · Ahn 45% > Lee 38% [Gallup]

Lee Jae-myung 37% > Yoon Seok-youl 31% > Ahn Cheol-soo 17% > Sim Sang-jung 3%

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, recorded a support rate of 17% in a multi-candidate presidential race conducted by Gallup Korea. This is the highest figure among the poll results conducted by the agency since October last year.

On the 14th, Gallup Korea announced the results of a presidential candidate support survey conducted from the 11th to the 13th among 1,001 adult men and women nationwide (with a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level). Candidate Ahn recorded 17%, up 2 percentage points from the previous survey (December 4-6).

Lee Jae-myung, the candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, rose 1 percentage point from 36% to 37%, and Yoon Seok-youl, the candidate of the People Power Party, increased 5 percentage points from 26% to 31%. The gap between the two candidates narrowed from 10 percentage points to 6 percentage points, showing a close race within the margin of error.

Sim Sang-jung, the candidate of the Justice Party, remained at 3%, down 2 percentage points.

Gallup Korea analyzed, "This week’s rise in support for candidate Yoon appears to be a rebound mainly among conservative-leaning respondents (66% in the third week of December → 49% last week → 60%), and it is consistent with the resurgence of support for the People Power Party."

They added, "Candidate Ahn has risen among younger age groups, significantly reducing the undecided voters. Among politically highly interested groups, candidate Yoon had consistently led candidate Lee in numbers until last month, but there was a reversal last week, and in this survey, Lee Jae-myung has 39%, Yoon Seok-youl 34%," they explained.

Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, is attending the Central Election Countermeasures Committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 13th and delivering an opening remark. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

In a hypothetical three-candidate scenario assuming opposition unification, when unified under candidate Yoon, the support was Yoon 42% vs. Lee 40%, and when unified under candidate Ahn, it was Ahn 45% vs. Lee 38%.

The gap between candidate Lee and candidate Yoon is 2 percentage points, and between candidate Lee and candidate Ahn is 7 percentage points.

Additionally, among Yoon’s supporters, 78% said they would choose candidate Ahn if unification occurred under Ahn, whereas among Ahn’s supporters, 49% said they would choose candidate Yoon, showing heterogeneity among supporters.

For more details, please refer to the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission.