With the June 1 national simultaneous local elections approaching on the 16th, three terrestrial broadcasters including SBS conducted a poll.



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The approval rating for Seoul mayor was 29.5% for Democratic Party candidate Song Young-gil and 49.1% for People's Strength candidate Oh Se-hoon, out of the margin of error.



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Kwon Su-jeong of the Justice Party had 0.9%, Shin Ji-hye of the Basic Income Party 0.2%, and independent candidate Kim Gwang-jong 0.3%.



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As for the support for Incheon Mayor, Democratic Party candidate Park Nam-chun received 30.4 percent, People's Strength candidate Yoo Jeong-bok 37.5 percent, and Justice Party candidate Lee Jung-mi was counted with 3.6 percent.



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The Gyeonggi governor, which both the opposition and opposition parties consider to be the biggest draw, is close to within the margin of error, with Democratic Party candidate Kim Dong-yeon 37.3% and People's Strength candidate Kim Eun-hye 36.1%.



Independent candidate Kang Yong-seok, who proposed unifying conservative candidates, followed with 2.9 percent, Justice Party Hwang Soon-shik 0.6 percent, Basic Income Party Seo Tae-seong 0.1 percent, and Progressive Party candidate Song Young-joo 0.1 percent.



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The Chungnam governor, where the incumbent governor and incumbent lawmaker faced off, competed within the margin of error with Democratic Party candidate Yang Seung-jo 34.3 percent and People's Strength candidate Kim Tae-heum 40.5 percent.



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In Chungbuk Province, which is a proxy war for new and old powers, candidate Kim Young-hwan took the lead with 27.8% of Democratic Party candidate Noh Young-min, who served as the chief of staff for President Moon Jae-in, and Kim Young-hwan, 42.8% of candidate, who served as special adviser to elected President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol.



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In the Gangwon governor's office, Democratic Party candidate Lee Kwang-jae 33.9% and People's Strength candidate Kim Jin-tae 45.1% supported candidate Kim Jin-tae.



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When President Yoon Seok-yeol asked if he would be good at running state affairs in the future, the prediction that he would do well in Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi exceeded 50%, and Gangwon, Chungbuk, and Chungnam reached the 60% level.



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Regarding the nature of local elections, more than 50% of all six regions answered that it is desirable to strengthen the power of the people, the ruling party, for national stability.



In this investigation, three terrestrial broadcasters including SBS commissioned the presidential exit polls, such as Ipsos, and selected 800 to 1,000 voters from the metropolitan areas such as Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi, and the opposition parties, such as Gangwon, Chungcheongbuk-do, and 6 metropolitan areas. got a response.



The three broadcasting companies will conduct a joint exit survey on the day of the local election on June 1st, and deliver the results after the voting for corona confirmed cases is closed.


<Survey Overview>


Investigation Request: SBS


Research Institutions: Ipsos, Korea Research, Korea Research


Survey Date: May 14-15, 2022 


Survey Subject: 800 to 1,000 men and women aged 18 or older living in each constituency (Wired RDD and wireless virtual number extraction after allocating gender, age, and region)


Survey method: Wireless phone interview survey (wireless virtual number 100%)


Response rate: 13.9%~23.8% for each


province and province Weighting method: Weighted value by gender, age, and region Buyeo (cell weighted/based on resident registration population of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security at the end of April 2022)


Sample error: Seoul/Gyeonggi ±3.1%p (95% confidence level) Incheon/Gangwon/Chungbuk/Chungnam ±3.5%p (95% confidence level)



Detailed Details can be found on the National Election Opinion Survey Deliberation Committee or SBS News website.