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Yesterday (14th), candidate Lee Jae-myung continued his lead with more than 70% of the votes in the presidential primary of the Democratic Party of Korea, which turned a turning point in the Chungcheong region tour.
The results of a public opinion poll for non-rights party members also came out for the first time, and there were no surprises here either.
Correspondent George Hyeon.
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It is a time when about half of the schedule for electing the Democratic Party’s next leadership has been completed.
‘Lee Jae-myung’s popular theory’ has become even more solid.
Candidate Jae-myung Lee recorded 73.28% of the cumulative votes including members of the Right Party in Chungcheong Province.
Candidate Yong-Jin Park received 19.9%, and candidate Hoon-Sik Kang only 6.83%.
The first public opinion poll was also released, in which 12.5% was reflected in the final result, and this candidate recorded close to 80% of the votes.
[이재명/더불어민주당 당 대표 후보 : “압도적인 지지를 통해서 강력한 리더십을 부여해 주시면 제가 이 더불어민주당을 국민의 사랑을 받는 (전국정당으로 만들겠습니다).”]
Candidate Yong-jin Park was expected to support general opinion polls, and Candidate Hoon-shik Kang, who had Asan-eul, Chungcheongnam-do as his constituency, hoped for support in Chungcheong Province, but it was not enough to provide an opportunity for a rebound.
[박용진/더불어민주당 당 대표 후보 : “이변 없는 상황들이 유지되고 있다, 이렇게 보고요. 호남에서 심상치 않은 바람을 만들어가기 위해서 노력하겠습니다.”]
[강훈식/더불어민주당 당 대표 후보 : “투표율이 좀 더 높았더라면 좋은 선전의 결과를 만들어낼 수 있었다, 이런 생각이 들고요. 앞으로도 열심히 하는 모습 보여드리겠습니다.”]
In particular, as the results of public opinion polls are wider than the votes of party members, the unification power of the two candidates, Park Yong-jin and Kang Hoon-sik, is also declining.
Pro-Lee Jae-myung-gye candidates continued their propaganda in the supreme council election held together.
Rep. Ko Min-jeong of the ‘pro-moon family’ maintained second place, but four lawmakers, Chung Cheong-rae, Jang Kyung-tae, Seo Young-kyo, and Park Chan-dae, who were classified as ‘pro-myeong-gye’, entered the top 5 for the election.
Until the National Delegates Congress on the 28th, the Democratic Party will now have only the Honam, Seoul and Gyeonggi regional primaries left.
This is Jo Ji-hyun from KBS News.
Cinematographer: Dae-Min Yoon/Video Edit: Seon-Young Kim