On the 4th, one day before early voting for the 22nd general election, users pass by the early voting booth set up at Incheon Airport. 2024.4.4.News 1
“Although the Democratic Party candidate attracted controversy for his ‘remark about the sexual corruption of an Ewha Womans University student,’ there is no reason why the Yoon Seok-yeol administration cannot be judged because of a candidate .” (Mr. Shin, 22 years old, student of Ewha Womans University who voted for the Democratic Party candidate)
“There are too many Democratic Party candidates who need to be judged for things like ‘sexual corruption statements,’ ‘daddy chances,’ and ‘kkeul youth loans.’ “If you elect a member of the National Assembly, you will be exempt.” (Mr. Kim, 35, office worker in Jung-gu, Seoul, who voted for the candidate of the People Power Party)
On the 5th, the first day of early voting, Dong-A Ilbo visited about 10 early voting booths nationwide, including Jung-gu, Mapo-gu, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Yuseong- gu, Daejeon, Suyeong-gu, Busan, Changwon, Gyeongnam, Suseong-gu, Daegu, Buk-gu, Gwangju, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do and Wansan-gu, Jeollabuk-do. People in their 20s and 30s have been showing up to vote since morning. At midnight, young people went to vote during their lunch break and the queue at some polling stations was more than 100 meters long.
● “Angry about loans” and “Complaining about high prices”
Both the ruling and opposition parties believe that in the general elections on April 10, the votes of the 4050 generation will be concentrated towards the pan-opposition group and the 6070 generation towards the ruling party, and the early voting decision of the generation 2030, which has a relatively high percentage of floating voters will determine the outcome of the elections. According to experts, the 2030 generation has a low tendency to vote for the camp and are representative swing voters who make different choices depending on the issues that arise during each election. This is why Han Dong-hoon, chairman of the Emergency Response Committee of the People Power Party, voted early with KAIST students in Sinchon, Seoul, where the university districts are concentrated, and Lee Jae-myeong, representative of the Democratic Party, voted early with KAIST students in Jung-gu, Daejeon. Even among the 2030 generation, which holds the key to early voting, the theory of regime support and that of regime judgment were strained.
Young people who chose the People Power Party mainly cited quality problems with opposition candidates, including the Democratic Party of Korea. Mr. Lee (34), a clerk I met at a polling station in Sinchon-dong, Seoul, said: “The Democratic Party candidate made an ‘exchange’ remark, but I don’t know what was going on in his head, but the level is too low.” “I feel angry as a young person who has difficulty purchasing their own home,” he said. Mr. Kang (21), a student at Yonsei University, said: “After suffering in boarding school, I returned to college and went to college. Congressman Cho Kuk’s daughter met her parents well and went to college.” , “Criminals must be prevented from going to the National Assembly.”
The young voters, who said, “I voted for the Democratic Party to judge the Yoon Seok-yeol administration,” criticized President Yoon’s lack of communication and the problem of high inflation. Choi (29), an employee I met in Daejeon, said: “I voted to show that the current lack of communication and hypocrisy is not right.” Mr. Park (32), an office worker, highlighted the problem of high prices, saying, “When I see the price of 20,000 won per serving of pork belly, I can’t help but blame the government.”
The prolonged health gap also had an impact on electoral sentiment. Graduate student Mr Jeong (29) said: “Yesterday I went to the hospital because I had a stomach ache and was afraid of what would happen if I couldn’t get treatment.” He added: “This is a life It is a threatening issue, but President Yoon pretended to meet and communicate with doctors right before the early vote: “It seems like they are just using it politically,” he said.
● “Proportional representation is overcrowded, is there no single party?”
On the afternoon of the 4th, officials are setting up a voting booth in an early voting booth in Ichon 1-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. 2024.4.4. News 1
Several people responded that they voted for a third party in the proportional vote. Mr Park (32), a clerk who chose the so-called ‘Jimin Bijo’ (the constituency is the Democratic Party, proportional representation is the Fatherland Innovation Party), said: “Representative Cho will join the ‘non-Lee Jae “myeong group” to keep Rep. Lee under control and strengthen the administration.” “I want to do it,” he said. Mr Kim (29), a KAIST graduate student who took the photo of the New Reform Party, said: “After seeing the Yoon Seok-yeol government cut the research and development budget, I decided to judge the government”. Mr Choi (26), who voted for the Green Justice Party, said: “It is a fight between a president who considers people beneath him and an opposition party full of a sense of entitlement, and there is no party to be elected as an alternative.”
Voters also highlighted the problem of the proliferation of “proportional parties”. Mr Kim (37), an employee, also said: “There are so many numbers and the names are so unique that it seems like a joke.” He added: “At this point, shouldn’t there be a ‘Sungguri Even Dangdang?’
Daejeon = Reporter Dabin Yoon void@donga.com
Reporter Seungwoo Lee suwoong2@donga.com
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