Daegu Mayoral Race: Kim Bu-gyeom, Chu Kyung-ho in Tight Race Within Margin of Error

According to the results of a second poll conducted by Daegu MBC from May 2-3 among 1,004 Daegu citizens, Democratic Party candidate Kim Bu-gyeom garnered 45.9% support and People Power Party candidate Chu Kyung-ho received 42.4% support in the Daegu mayoral race. The gap between the two candidates was 3.5 percentage points. In this survey, conducted after the People Power Party finalized its candidate, Kim Bu-gyeom's support rate was 45.9% and Chu Kyung-ho's was 42.4%. The 3.5 percentage point difference marks a reduced gap compared to the first poll.

In the party support survey of Daegu citizens, the People Power Party led with 39.5%, ahead of the Democratic Party (31.1%) by a margin outside the statistical error. Regarding sentiment on local elections, more respondents indicated support for empowering the ruling party than the opposition. Those who responded that the government and ruling party should be given strength in local elections were 41.8%, while 36% said the opposition party should be empowered. "Don't know" responses accounted for 22.2%.

Job creation was identified as the top priority issue for Daegu citizens, receiving 51.9% of the vote. This was followed by the relocation of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk New Airport at 15.2%, fostering future industries like AI at 13.9%, administrative integration of Daegu-Gyeongbuk at 9.4%, and resolving the water source issue at 4.3%.

People Power Party Gyeongbuk gubernatorial candidate Lee Cheol-woo and Daegu mayoral candidate Chu Kyung-ho visited former President Park Geun-hye. The candidates stated they visited to pay their respects as a matter of duty. Former President Park Geun-hye offered words of encouragement, wishing them success and victory. Democratic Party lawmaker Im Mi-ae commented that the visit by Lee and Chu to former President Park was likely aimed at consolidating conservative support. Im added that Kim Bu-gyeom had also previously mentioned plans to visit former President Park.

This survey was commissioned by Daegu MBC and conducted by Ace Research via ARS method from May 2-3 among 1,004 Daegu citizens. The margin of error was ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. The survey was conducted by Ace Research for Daegu MBC via ARS among 1,004 Daegu citizens from May 2-3. The margin of error was ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, with a response rate of 6.1%.