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A recent telephone survey conducted by the Chosun Ilbo and Korea Gallup showed that Grand National Party presidential candidate Lee Hoi-chang was leading the race with 34 percent, followed by Chung Mong-joon (National Unity 21) at 22.6 percent and Roh Mu-hyun (Millennium Democratic Party) at 19 percent. Former Korea Central Intelligence Agency chairman Jang Se-dong (1.5 percent), Democratic Labor Party Kwon Young-gil (1.3 percent), and former Prime Minister Lee Han-dong (0.4 percent) also had small support.
Compared to an October 27 Gallup poll, Lee's support rose 0.2 percent from 33.8 percent as did Roh¡¯s from 18.1 percent. However, Chung¡¯s support fell 1 percent from 23.6 percent. If Chung and Roh joined with one of them as a single candidate, Lee (38.1 percent) beats Chung (37.1 percent) by a mere one percent and Roh by 7.2 percent at 42.1 percent over 34.9 percent.
The polls were conducted on 1,040 adults nationwide had a sample error of ¡¾3 percent at the 95 percent confidence level.
(Hong Young-lim, ylhong@chosun.com )
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