Monday, November 04, 2002
LEE CONSOLIDATES LEAD IN POLLS; the fine print indicates that we may be headed to another opposition-splits-the-vote-winner-wins-with-a-small-plurality result.
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.
