Seoul: Democratic Party (DP) presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung is currently leading with 50.2 percent support against his People Power Party (PPP) rival Kim Moon-soo, who holds 35.6 percent, a recent survey revealed.
According to Yonhap News Agency, a Realmeter survey conducted with 1,509 adults from Wednesday to Friday placed Lee Jun-seok of the minor New Reform Party in third position with 8.7 percent. In a hypothetical two-way contest, the DP's Lee received 54.3 percent, with Kim trailing at 40.4 percent. In a similar scenario against Lee Jun-seok, Lee Jae-myung led with 51.4 percent compared to 30 percent for the New Reform Party candidate.
The survey further showed that 82.3 percent of respondents intended to maintain their current candidate preferences. Additionally, 55.6 percent of participants expressed support for a regime change by the DP through the presidential election on June 3, while 39.5 percent hoped to extend the rule of the former governing PPP. The margin of error for this survey was 2.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.