When asked which party’s candidate they would vote for if tomorrow’s general election were held, a poll showed on Sunday that the responses of the People’s Power and the Democratic Party of Korea are neck-and-neck within the margin of error.
According to the ‘Monthly Political Opinion Survey’ conducted by Yonhap News Agency and Yonhap TV, jointly commissioned by pollster Metrix and conducted on March 3-4 among 1,000 men and women aged 18 and older nationwide, 33.1 percent said they would vote for the Democratic Party candidate if tomorrow was the National Assembly election.
31.2% said they would vote for the People’s Power candidate토토사이트.
The gap was 1.9 percentage points (p), within the margin of error (±3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level).
[Graphic] Prospects for next year’s 22nd general election
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Compared to the previous survey a month ago (May 6-7), those who said they would vote for the Democratic Party candidate increased by 2.9 percentage points, while those who said they would vote for the People’s Power Choice decreased by 1.1 percentage points.
3.3% said they would vote for a Justice Party candidate, 3.1% for another party, and 17.3% had no party preference.
8.3 percent said they did not intend to vote and 3.7 percent said they did not know.
People’s Power and Democratic Party of Korea (CG)
[Courtesy of Yonhap TV].
By age group, the Democratic Party had relatively higher support among those over 60, while the Bareun Party had higher support among those over 60.
The Democratic Party beat the NPP within the margin of error in the 18-20 age group (27.3% vs. 16.2%), 30s (33.8% vs. 24.1%), 40s (48.5% vs. 17.0%), and 50s (42.5% vs. 25.9%).
Among those aged 60 and older, People Power more than doubled its lead over Democrats (54.3% to 20.8%).
Compared to a month ago, Democrats gained support among those in their 40s (+5.1 points). No age group lost support.
The People’s Power gained 3.4 percentage points among those in their 30s, but lost 2.7 percentage points among those in their 20s.
By region, the Democratic Party outperformed the NPP in Incheon and Gyeonggi (36.6% vs. 29.4%) and Gwangju and Jeolla (50.0% vs. 12.2%).
The NPP edged out the Democrats in Daejeon, Sejong, and Chungcheong (35.8% vs. 28.4%) and Daegu and Gyeongbuk (47.4% vs. 16.9%).
In Seoul (31.5% NPP 31.1%), Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam (34.9% NPP 32.9% Democratic), and Gangwon-Jeju (26.8% NPP 24.4% Democratic), both parties were within the margin of error.
Compared to a month ago, the Democratic Party increased its support in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam by 7.4 percentage points and in Gangwon and Jeju by 7.3 percentage points. Support increased in all regions except Daegu and Gyeongbuk, where it dropped 4.2 percentage points.
The People’s Power gained 4.7 percentage points in Daejeon, Sejong, and Chungcheong. It dropped 17.1 percentage points in Gangwon and Jeju, and 6.7 percentage points in Seoul.
President Yoon Seok-yeol and Democratic Party of Korea Leader Lee Jae-myung
President Yoon Seok-yeol and Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea
Regarding the April general election next year, 49.8 percent of respondents said that the opposition should become the majority party to check the regime, and 37.4 percent said that the ruling party should become the majority party to empower the administration.
The latter is 12.4 percentage points higher than the former.
Don’t know/no response was 12.8%.
The differences in the survey questions make it difficult to make a straightforward comparison, but a month earlier (which included “none of the above” responses in addition to don’t know/no response), it was a close race, with 34.5 percent saying the opposition should become the majority party to check the regime and 32.3 percent saying the ruling party should become the majority party to empower the country.
The survey was conducted using a 100% telephone interview method with a response rate of 20.5%. For more information, please visit the Central Election Opinion Survey Review Committee website.