SEOUL, 07 Jan. (Yonhap) – Lee Jae-myung, the official presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Party (PD), is ahead of his opponent Yoon Suk-yeol of the People’s Power Party (PPP) by 10 points of percentage, two months before the electoral deadline, showed this Friday a poll of Gallup Korea.
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Lee got 36% of the voting intentions, while Yoon got 26%, according to the poll of 1,002 adults from Tuesday to Thursday.
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Ahn Cheol-soo, the candidate of the People’s Party (PP), an opposition party, took third place with 15%, a level he had never reached so far.
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Sim Sang-jeung, candidate for the Justice Party (PJ), a progressive party, was fourth with 5%. The other candidates together obtained 3%.
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The poll came at a time when the PPP was mired in an internal feud as Yoon disbanded his campaign team for a complete overhaul.
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Ahn is currently rising in popularity as more young voters turn to him as the election campaigns of leading candidates come under fire, analysts have said.
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When it comes to positive opinions, Ahn took the top spot with 38%, followed by Lee with 36% and Yoon with 25%.
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In addition, the popularity rating of President Moon Jae-in has reached 41% and the proportion of respondents who disapprove of his action rose to 50%.
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Popular support for PD reached 34% and support for PPP 29%, poll showed
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The survey has a 3.1 percentage point margin of error and a 95% confidence level.
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