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As in the last general election, I will look forward to the analysis one step ahead.
This time, we will look at the trend of approval ratings to see how the candidates’ approval ratings have changed over the years.
First, shall we look at the candidates for the mayor of Seoul?
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This graph, which is stretched out on the screen right now, is the trend of approval ratings that MBC analyzed with Professor Park Jong-hee of Seoul National University after tracking 52 public opinion polls for two months from last January.
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As you can see, the blue line shows candidate Park Young-sun and the red line shows candidate Oh Se-hoon’s approval rating.
Please point out a few places.
◀ Reporter ▶
From the beginning of the election, there was a large and small gap in the gap, but candidate Park Young-seon’s approval ratings continued to show an upper hand.
◀ Anchor ▶
Yes.
Candidate Se-hoon Oh’s approval rate is ahead of Park Young-sun’s approval rate.
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It was around the time the Korea Land and Housing Corporation’s LH speculation case was uncovered.
Look at the video at the time.
◀ Anchor ▶
The LH crisis triggered a change in the approval ratings of the two candidates.
◀ Reporter ▶
That’s right.
Then, two days later, he is a person who is often talked about as a stellar moment.
Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol resigned.
Listen to the remarks at the time.
◀ Anchor ▶
In fact, in some ways, the events were not directly related to the two candidates, but they also affected the election.
◀ Reporter ▶
That’s right.
An external factor in the election has caused the election to fluctuate.
There were also variables that were directly related to the two candidates.
It is a single candidate contest.
First, let’s be a single candidate for a single passport that has succeeded in unification.
Listen to candidate Park Young-sun’s remarks at the time.
◀ Anchor ▶
However, the unification of passports did not seem to have a significant effect on the change in approval ratings.
◀ Reporter ▶
That’s right.
The process of unifying passports, which was carried out relatively easily, did not lead to the so-called convention effect.
Then, listen to the remarks of Candidate Se-Hoon Oh, who won the process of unifying pan-optics, where the negotiation process was like a roller coaster.
Candidate Se-hoon Oh, at first, there were many analyzes that the party contest was not easy.
Following the preliminary candidate Na Gyeong-won and the unification of the pan-optics with Ahn Cheol-soo, it was found that the trend continued to rise.