Lee Jae-myeong 23.4%, the first solo 1st place… Lee Nak-yeon, the garden in Honam-seo also pushed for third place [리얼미터]

From left: Lee Nak-yeon, Democratic Party representative, Gyeonggi governor Lee Jae-myeong, and Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol. Central photo

Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung, along with Democratic Party President Lee Nak-yeon and Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, both out of the margin of error and took first place in the next presidential candidate preference survey. This is the first time that Governor Lee has ranked first in a monthly survey.

This is the result of a survey conducted by Real Meter, a specialized public opinion polling agency, at OhmyNews, targeting 2529 men and women aged 18 and over nationwide (±1.9% points at the 95% confidence level of the error range) from the 25th to the 29th of last month. According to the results announced on the 1st, the approval rating of the governor was 23.4%, up 5.2 percentage points from last month.

General Yoon Seok-yeol, who was the first place last month, fell 5.5 percentage points and fell to 18.4%. The approval rating plummeted from 10.5% in September of last year to 17.2% (October), 19.8% (November), and 23.9% (December).

Monthly trend of preference for the next presidential candidates. Graphic = Reporter Park Kyung-min [email protected]

Representative Lee Nak-yeon fell 4.6 percentage points from last month and was pushed down to third place with 13.6%. Representative Lee recorded 30.8% in June of last year, more than twice as much as Governor Lee Jae-myeong (15.6%) and third-place President Yoon (10.1%) at the time, but since then 25.6% (July), 24.6% (August), The trend declined to 22.5% (September), 21.5% (October), 20.6% (November), 18.2% (December), and 13.6% (January).

The approval ratings of President Lee and President Yoon, who are in a competitive landscape, fell by 4-5 percentage points, and the Governor Lee widened the gap between the second and third places by 5.0% and 9.8%, respectively.

Governor Lee was analyzed to have risen sharply, surpassing Lee in Honam and the Democratic Party supporters. Among the Democratic Party supporters, 41.7% supported Governor Lee and 27.1% supported Lee. It is interpreted that the amnesty raised by CEO Lee was a bad thing. Even in the Honam region, which was Lee’s garden, the governor reversed Lee, who was 21.2%, within the margin of error with the support of 22.1%.

Chul-soo Ahn, Representative of the National Assembly Party (5.3%), Independent Assemblyman Hong Jun-pyo (5.2%), former member of the People’s Power (4.6%), Na Gyeong-won (4.6%), Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun (4.0%), Cho Mi-ae, former Minister of Justice (3.4%), and Oh Se-hoon Rep. Power (3.3%), Democratic Party member Park Ju-min (2.2%), former Congressman Seung-min Yoo (2.1%), former presidential secretary chief Lim Jong-seok (2.0%), Jeju governor Won Hee-ryong (1.5%), and Justice Party lawmaker Sang-jeong Shim ( 1.0%) followed.

Preference for the next presidential election runners in January 2021. Graphic = Reporter Park Kyung-min [email protected]

President Moon Jae-in’s evaluation of the performance of state administration recorded a positive evaluation of 42.5% and a negative evaluation of 52.8%. Compared to last month, there was no significant difference, dropping by 0.5% and 0.4%, respectively.

Party support was 32.4% (up 0.4% points from the previous month), 29.7% of the people’s strength (up 1.1% points), 8.6% (up by 1.0% points), and 7.5% (up by 0.6% points) from the Open Democratic Party. , Followed by 4.2% per justice (0.9 percentage points down).

Detailed information can be found on the website of Real Meter or the Central Election Survey Deliberation Committee.

Reporter Lee Hae-jun [email protected]