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| From left are Yoon Seok-youl, presidential nominee of the main opposition People Power Party, and Lee Jae-myung, presidential candidate for the ruling Democratic Party. Yonhap |
The two leading presidential candidates remained neck and neck with each other in the latest survey released Sunday.
Yoon Seok-youl, the presidential nominee of the main opposition People Power Party, earned 38.9 percent support, while Lee Jae-myung, the candidate for the ruling Democratic Party, had 36.1 percent support in the poll conducted by Embrain Public.
Yoon's lead of 2.8 percentage points was within the margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level. The survey was conducted on 1,020 adults on Friday and Saturday.
Coming in at a distant third place was Ahn Cheol-soo, representing the minor opposition People's Party, at 6.1 percent. Sim Sang-jeung of the minor progressive Justice Party was next at 5.6 percent. (Yonhap)
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