Lee leads Yoon by 10 percentage points: poll

Candidates running in the upcoming presidential election pose for a photo at a forum in Seoul, in this Nov. 25, 2021 file photo. From left are Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party, Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party, Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea and Sim Sang-jeung of the Justice Party. Korea Times file

Ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung is leading his main opposition rival Yoon Suk-yeol by 10 percentage points with the election just two months away, a survey showed Friday.

Lee of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea garnered 36 percent, while Yoon of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) had 26 percent, according to a Gallup Korea survey of 1,002 adults conducted Tuesday and Thursday.

Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the minor opposition People's Party, came in third with 15 percent, marking his highest support in polls so far.

The survey was conducted at a time when the PPP is mired in an internal feud after Yoon disbanded his campaign team for an overhaul.

Ahn is gaining popularity with young voters warming to him due to his morality while showing displeasure over the negative election campaigns by the leading candidates, analysts said.

In a “favorability” rating among voters, Ahn was top with 38 percent, followed by Lee with 36 percent and Yoon with 25 percent.

The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.

Further details are available at the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission. (Yonhap)