Oh Se-hoon beats Han Dong-hoon ... 20.4% as a presidential hopeful, up 10 percentage points in a month
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- 2026-11-04 15:10:25
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- 2026-11-04 15:10:25
[Financial News] Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has taken the lead in a poll on who is best suited to become the next president, with his rating surpassing 20%. In a poll conducted after he was acquitted in an appellate trial last month in the case involving allegations of proxy payment of Myeong Tae-gyun's polling costs, his rating rose 8.4 percentage points from the previous poll. Compared with a month earlier, the increase was 10.5 percentage points.
According to a poll conducted by Jo Won C&I from the 31st of last month to the 2nd of this month, Oh's rating as a suitable candidate for the next presidential election stood at 20.4%. Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon came in at 14.3%, People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok at 12.7%, and Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) leader Kim Min-seok at 11.7%.
They were followed by Cho Kuk, head of the Rebuilding Korea Party's Institute for Innovation Policy Studies, at 8.2%; DPK lawmaker Song Young-gil at 6.7%; DPK lawmaker Jung Chung-rae at 5.7%; former Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum at 4.1%; and Reform Party lawmaker Lee Jun-seok at 1.7%.
Oh's rating rose from 9.9% in a poll conducted on the 3rd through the 5th of last month and 12.0% in one conducted on the 17th through the 19th, reaching 20.4% in the latest poll. The increase was particularly steep in the first poll conducted after the appellate court found him not guilty on the 23rd of last month.
Han, who had led Oh by 6.7 percentage points in the previous poll, instead trailed him by 6.1 points in this poll. Over the same period, Han's rating fell by 4.4 percentage points, Jang's by 1.0 point, and Kim's by 2.1 points.
Among People Power Party supporters, Oh received 36.9%. Jang had 25.7% and Han 22.9%. Among DPK supporters, Kim came in at 26.5%, followed by Cho at 14.3%, Song at 14.2%, and Jung at 9.5%.
Among centrists, Han led with 17.4%, ahead of Oh (16.0%) and Kim (15.2%). Jang received 8.1%, Cho 8.0%, and Song 8.8%.
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