People's Power "at least 9 places" Democrats "at least 5 places"... What is the election situation?

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Let's look at how the ruling and opposition parties are forecasting the election results.

Among the 17 metropolitan governments, at least nine of the people's power and the Democratic Party of Korea are looking for victory in at least five. 

Reporter Kang Cheong-wan summarized the election landscape and remaining variables.

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In the local elections four years ago, the Democratic Party laughed in 14 out of 17 metropolitan governments.

How about this election?

The situation viewed by the ruling and opposition parties is quite different from what it was four years ago.

The People's Power is raising the target to a positive alpha in at least 9 places.

Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Ulsan, Gyeongnam, Gyeongbuk, Gangwon, and North Chungcheong, which are considered to have solidified their victory, and Gyeonggi, Incheon, Chungnam, Daejeon, etc.

The Democratic Party, which originally planned to plant a blue flag in eight places, lowered its expectations.

Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Jeonbuk, and Jeju-do, which have an advantage, win 1-2 out of Gyeonggi, Incheon, Chungnam, Sejong, and Daejeon and take 5-6 places, which is an atmosphere of thinking that defeat is avoided.

Both sides are nervous about the Gyeonggi governor's report card, but the people's power is classified as a complete victory if they win the game, and the Democratic Party as a save if they win the game.

The 7 by-elections for the National Assembly members, also called mini general elections, are also of interest.

The People's Power will win at least one more seat in the previous constituencies, including Bundangap in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Boryeong and Seocheon in Chungnam, Suseong in Daegu, and Uichang in Changwon in Gyeongnam. The goal is to protect the three existing seats, including Wonju-gap and Jeju-eul.

As a last-minute variable, it remains to be seen how the recent controversy surrounding the relocation of Gimpo Airport, how the compensation for COVID-19, which started paying yesterday, will affect the vote, and how high the turnout will be, which was usually lower than the general election or general election.