People’s Power Representative Lee Jun-seok listens to President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol’s comments in the ballot counting room at the National Assembly Library in Yeouido, Seoul early on the morning of the 10th. On the right is Ahn Cheol-soo, leader of the People’s Party. By Oh Dae-geun
Despite the victory of President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol, Lee Jun-seok, representative of the People’s Power, might not smile broadly. All of the major presidential campaigns he pushed have received shabby results.
It was poisonous for CEO Lee to promote ‘gender division’ with anti-feminism to secure support for men in their 20s. As a result of the exit survey of the three terrestrial broadcasters (KBS, MBC, and SBS) on the 9th, women in their 20s and 50s came together to judge the power of the people. He threw a yellow card for ‘Lee Jun-seok-pyo’s division and the politics of hate’. At one time, he led a rebound in the approval rating of President-elect Yoon, but as a result, it was a new victory in the ‘0.73 percentage point’ gap. President-elect Yoon, who expected to win the presidential election with Lee’s strategy, cooled the conversation between the people and the power of the people.
“Women don’t vote” Lee Jun-seok’s misjudgment
In July last year, CEO Lee said, “If you are a candidate for the People’s Power, I would like to make a promise to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.” It was a strategy to secure the support of some men in their twenties with strong anti-feminist tendencies.
When President-elect Yoon reconciled with CEO Lee, who had a conflict over camp appointments in January of this year, the first pledges he made were ‘abolition of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family’ and ‘strengthening the accusation of sexual crimes’. Representative Lee’s remarks focused on a man in his 20s continued. On January 14, he asserted that “a strong rebound in the male support group occurs only when a gender-neutral pledge is made”, and also showed off that candidate Yoon and the People’s Power refused to respond to the gender equality pledge queried by the media and civic groups.
Even at the last minute of the election, when former Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung went all-in to win the votes of women in the 2030s, the most immovable class, on the 7th, Lee did not take it seriously, saying, “Women are less willing to vote than men. It’s only seen online.”
On the 9th, when the door of the exit survey of the three terrestrial broadcasters was opened, the tendency of this candidate was evident among women of all age groups, except for those in their 60s or older. In particular, 58% of women in their 20s turned their backs on President-elect Yoon and the power of the people. President Lee’s ‘generational encirclement theory’ that he would win the presidential election by gaining overwhelming support from people in their 20s and 30s and those in their 60s had practically failed.
President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol hugs Lee Jun-seok as he celebrates his victory at the People’s Power Party in Yeouido, Seoul on the morning of the 10th. yunhap news
Attack on the faded Honam… The garden worker lost
The vote rate in Honam, where President Lee worked hard, also fell short of expectations. Although he was confident of up to 30% of the vote, Yoon’s voter turnout rate was only 12.72% in Gwangju, 11.44% in Jeonnam, and 14.42% in North Jeolla Province. It was not significantly different from that of Park Geun-hye, the candidate of the Saenuri Party during the 2012 presidential election.
Considering that former candidate Lee recorded 38.15% and 37.38%, respectively, in Busan and Gyeongnam, the two fields of power for the people, there are also criticisms that the result was only a ‘negative strategy’. Re-elected lawmaker Han said, “In order for President-elect Yoon to receive strength in running the state, he needed an overwhelming victory, but as a result, President Lee’s strategy does not seem to have been of much help.”
In Nowon, Seoul, which is Lee’s constituency, Yoon’s vote rate (47.22%) fell short of former candidate Lee (48.94%).
Lee Jun-seok, representative of People’s Power, speaks at the general assembly of the National Assembly held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 10th. News 1
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In the power of the people who expected a sweeping victory, the theory of representative responsibility was also raised. Former lawmaker Jeong Tae-geun said, “The demand for regime change was high regardless of men and women, but the campaign aimed only at men in their 20s and 30s brought a reaction.” Kim Jae-won, a member of the Supreme Council, also pointed out that “there was not enough effort to approach young women in a softer way.”
There are also concerns regarding Lee Jun-seok-sik’s ‘hate politics’, which resembles former US President Donald Trump. This is because, if women continue to turn their backs on women, it will be difficult for President-elect Yoon’s power to run the state affairs to be strengthened in the female soya university phase. A woman lawmaker from the People’s Power was concerned, “There are many young women who want to support the People’s Power when they go to the local area, but when they see CEO Lee’s SNS, they say that they can’t take pictures.”
“Compared to the 2020 general election, the figures have improved for all ages and genders,” Lee said on Facebook. This meant denying the evaluation that the ‘gender split’ strategy was rather a risk factor. He said, “I got the most votes among all conservative candidates in Honam,” he said.
Kim Ji-hyun reporter hyun1620@hankookilbo.com
