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Opinions were roughly evenly divided over the departure Monday of former Gyeonggi Province governor Sohn Hak-kyu from the Grand National Party, according to a poll. The survey of 731 people over 19 by Gallup Korea and the Chosun Ilbo saw 34.9 percent of respondents disapprove of Sohn’s defection and 30.1 percent in favor. Some 35 percent were undecided.
But Sohn’s approval rating as a presidential hopeful rose to 8.2 percent, from 5.9 percent in a similar Gallup poll two weeks ago, while the number of undecided voters fell from 19.3 percent to 16.7 percent. The other GNP presidential contenders, former Seoul mayor Lee Myung-bak and former GNP chairwoman Park Geun-hye remained unaffected by Sohn’s departure, with approval ratings of 43.9 percent and 20.3 percent, virtually unchanged from a Gallup poll on March 3.
Some 2.4 percent of respondents supported former Uri Party chairman Chung Dong-young, 2.3 percent former justice minister Kang Keum-sil, and 1.2 percent former prime minister Han Myeong-sook. Health and Welfare Minister Rhyu Si-min won approval ratings of 1.1 percent, former ruling Uri Party chairman Kim Geun-tae 0.9 percent and former Seoul National University president Chung Un-chan 0.9 percent.
The confidence level was 95 percent with a margin of error of 3.6 percent.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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