▲ Construction work is underway at the planned sites for the presidential office in Sejong and the National Assembly Sejong Building on the 3rd.
Public opinion polls released today (the 4th) showed that more respondents oppose relocating the presidential office to Sejong than support it, while the relocation of public institutions from the greater Seoul area to non-capital regions gained majority support.
According to Gallup Korea, which surveyed 1,001 adults aged 18 and older nationwide from the 1st to the 3rd, 38% supported moving the presidential office to Sejong, while 53% opposed it.
In a 2020 survey, 38% were in favor and 48% were against the move.
While a majority of self-identified progressives (55%) supported relocating the presidential office to Sejong, more moderates and conservatives opposed it, at 56% and 62%, respectively.
Regarding the relocation of the National Assembly to Sejong, more respondents favored the move (52%) than opposed it (38%).
In the 2020 survey, support stood at 47% and opposition at 39%.
Seventy-one percent of progressives and 50% of moderates favored moving the National Assembly to Sejong, whereas conservatives were closely divided with 46% in favor and 48% against.
As for relocating public institutions from the greater Seoul area to non-capital regions, 57% answered that it would be "good to relocate," while 34% said it would be "better not to relocate."
Among conservatives, support (48%) and opposition (46%) were neck-and-neck, while progressives showed significantly higher support (80%) compared to opposition (16%).
Fifty-six percent of moderates supported the relocation, while 37% opposed it.
Regarding the relocation of the administrative capital to Sejong, 48% responded that it would be "good," while 44% favored "keeping it in Seoul."
The idea of moving the administrative capital to Sejong found strong support among progressives (74%), those in their 40s (70%), and those in their 50s (59%), whereas maintaining Seoul as the capital was most favored by conservatives (59%) and those in their 20s (62%).
By region, respondents in Seoul favored keeping the administrative capital in Seoul (54%) over moving it to Sejong (41%).
In Incheon and Gyeonggi Province, 48% favored keeping it in Seoul and 46% supported the move to Sejong.
The survey was conducted through telephone interviews using randomly generated virtual mobile numbers.
The sampling error is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, with a response rate of 10.9%.
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