Jae-myung Lee, Hee-ryong Won
A survey was conducted on the 8th showing that the difference in approval ratings between Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and former Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong in Gyeyang-eul, Incheon, where the April 10 general elections will be held, is within the margin of error. In a survey conducted by Gallup Korea on the 7th at the request of News1 among 504 men and women aged 18 or older living in the Gyeyang constituency in Incheon, Representative Lee’s approval rating was 45%, and former Minister Won’s approval rating was 41%. The gap between the two candidates was within the margin of error (±4.4 percentage points at a 95% confidence level). This survey was conducted before the new constituency demarcation in which the Jakjakseo Movement was incorporated into Gyeyang-eul. The Gyeyang-eul constituency was created when Gyeyang-gu was divided into Gap-eul in the 17th general election, and except for the 2010 National Assembly by-election, where the Grand National Party (now the People Power Party) won, all Democratic Party candidates were elected.
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Compared to other previously published surveys, the gap in approval ratings between the two sides has narrowed. KBS commissioned Korea Research to conduct phone interviews with 500 men and women over the age of 18 in the region over three days from the 15th to the 17th of last month. According to the results, the approval ratings of Representative Lee and former Minister Won were 44% and 34%, respectively, which is 10%. It was a point difference.
Won Hee-ryong, a camp official, said, “When we first started campaigning for Gyeyang in early February, the difference in approval rating was 16 percentage points,” and added, “The effect of meeting voters in person by traveling to local senior centers, subway stations, and markets from morning to night was huge.” did. The internal assessment is that recruiting Lee Cheon-soo (43), a former national soccer player whose hometown is Gyeyang, Incheon, as the chairman of the sponsoring committee and running the entire election campaign for about 50 days has been very effective.
However, Representative Lee said, “The recent opinion poll is just a result of the ruling party supporters first rallying together due to various events,” and added, “As the election approaches, the approval rating will naturally rise.” Recently, Han Dong-hoon, Chairman of the People Power Party’s Emergency Response Committee, and In Yo-han, former Chairman of the Innovation Committee, visited Gyeyang-eul, Incheon, and Lee Cheon-soo also joined in to fuel the campaign, which is said to be the effect of the ruling party’s supporters rallying. Unlike former Minister Won, Representative Lee has not yet entered the local campaign in earnest.
As skirmishes unfold in Gyeyang-eul, concerns over ‘political terrorism’ are growing. On the 7th, Mr. Lee Cheon-soo was assaulted and threatened during a campaign in his constituency, and the police began an investigation. According to the police, Lee was kneed on the thigh by a man in his 60s who approached him to shake his hand while campaigning on his way to work at Gyeyang subway station this morning. On the same afternoon, in Imhak-dong, Gyeyang-gu, a man in his 70s holding a drill approached him and said, “We’ll see. He reportedly threatened Mr. Lee, saying, “I know where your wife and children live.” Mr. Lee, who completed the investigation of the complainant at the police station, said, “After declaring my support for former Minister Won, I often heard abusive language, but I did not respond because I was a resident, but this time, I could not stand it because they even threatened his family.” The police plan to book and investigate the two men in their 60s and 70s who hit and threatened Mr. Lee without detention on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act. CEO Lee Jae-myeong was also attacked on the left side of his neck by a man in his 60s at the Gadeokdo New Airport site in Busan last January.
2024-03-08 12:38:39
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