As the pre-voting rate for 4·7 re-replacement reached a record high (20.5%), the ruling and opposition parties argued against each other.
Democratic Party “open to vote to protect Park Young-sun”
People’s Power “Government Judgment Voters March”
Previous voting rates for re-election by-election. Graphic = Reporter Kim Young-ok [email protected]
In addition, the Democratic Party’s expectation for a high pre-voting rate is due to its experience in winning all three national elections in recent years, when the pre-voting rate exceeded 20%. Pre-voting played a decisive role in the Democratic Party’s fierce battle victory in last year’s 4·15 general election. Democratic Party lawmakers Kim Du-gwan (Yangsan-eul) and Kim Nam-guk (Ansan Dan-eul) were able to win by 1523 and 3653 votes, respectively, thanks to the pre-voting gap (4990 votes, 5721 votes). On the 4th, a spokesman for the Democratic Party of Shin Young-dae argued that the pre-voting rate, which reached a record high in re-election and election, is an open vote to protect candidates Park Young-sun and Kim Young-chun.
On the other hand, the people’s strength is that the formula of’increased pre-voting rate = democratic party advantage’ has been broken. The basis for confidence is that the opposition support rate is high among the generations in their 20s and 30s, who actively participate in pre-voting. It is also the background of optimism that the proportion of people aged 60 and older, who have a strong support for the people’s power, among pre-voters is increasing. The percentage of pre-voting over the age of 60, which was 20.2% during the 19th presidential election, steadily increased through local elections in 2018 (26.1%) and general elections last year (30.8%). People’s Power Spokesman Bae Jun-young said, “The pouring heavy rain and the fear of corona 19 infection could not prevent the march of voters to judge the hypocritical regime and change their lives.”
When looking at the pre-voting rates of Seoul, it is ambiguous to consider whether or not a specific political party is liable. Songpa-gu, with strong opposition support, rose 3.8 percentage points (19.6% → 23.4%) compared to the 2018 local elections, recording the highest increase, but Seongbuk (19.27% → 22.97%), Seodaemun (19.38% → 23.02%), Nowon (18.4% → 21.97%) The increase in the pre-voting rate in strong regions of the ruling party, such as the district, was also the top spot.
Reporters Han Young-ik and Sung Ji-won [email protected]
