Lee Jae-myung’s Lead in Korean Presidential Election Narrows
If the conservatives want any chance at beating Lee they need to rally around Han Duck-soo and soon:
Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of South Korea’s main liberal Democratic Party, holds a lead in a potential three-way race for the country’s next election, but support for the conservative bloc shows signs of resurgence, shows a new poll released Monday.
The poll, conducted by Realmeter from April 30 to May 2, found Lee leading with 46.5 percent support in a hypothetical matchup against former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who is running as an independent, and Lee Jun-seok of the centrist Reform Party.
Han garnered 34.3 percent of support, and Lee Jun-seok trailed with 5.9 percent.
In a separate scenario replacing Han with Kim Moon-soo, the candidate of the main conservative People Power Party, Lee still led the field with 46.6 percent, with Kim at 27.8 and Lee Jun-seok at 7.5 percent.
Han and Kim are expected to begin negotiations soon to merge their candidacies in a bid to challenge the liberal frontrunner.
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