[EAI Working Paper Series on the Presidential Election Panel Survey] “The 2022 Presidential Election and Korean Politics”_Intent of Planning

[EAI Working Paper Series on the Presidential Election Panel Survey] “The 2022 Presidential Election and Korean Politics”_Intent of Planning

The East Asia Institute (EAI) is operating the project <Changing Korean Voters>, which studies the 20th presidential election and Korean political reform tasks, based on the presidential election panel survey* conducted with Korea Research. The research team of 10 members is publishing working papers and presenting the results of the survey analysis at the conference titled “Analysis of the 20th Presidential Election Vote and Outlook for Local Elections,” held on May 4, 2022. The research team, chaired by Professor Kang Won-taek of Seoul National University, presents the keywords of changing public sentiment trends revealed by this presidential election as regime judgment, generational conflict, and social polarization.

The publication schedule for the reports is as follows.

1. Kang Won-taek: "Issues in the 2022 Presidential Election: Focusing on the Evaluation of the Moon Jae-in Administration's Real Estate Policy" [Read Report]

2. Jeong Han-wool: "Why was the Grand Party with 180 Seats Judged in Two Years?: Focusing on the Choice of Defecting Democrats" [Read Report]

3. Jeong Dong-jun: "Voters' Authoritarian Tendencies as Seen Through the 20th Presidential Election" [Read Report]

4. Gil Jeong-ah: "What Were the Attitudes of Major Party Supporters in an Unpopular Election?: Affective Polarization of Partisan Voters in the 2022 Presidential Election" [Read Report]

5. Kim Han-na: "The 20th Presidential Election and the Gender Divide Among Voters in Their 20s" [Read Report]

6. Yu Jae-seong: "Characteristics of Undecided Voters and Mobile Voters and Their Voting Choices" [Read Report]

7. Lee Jae-mook: "Changes and Continuities in Regionalism in the 20th Presidential Election" [Read Report]

8. Kim Jeong: "Partisan Division and Alignment of Korean Voters: A Comparison of the 2012 and 2022 Presidential Elections" [Read Report]

9. Han Jeong-hoon: “The Change of Mind of the Youth? A Comparison of Ideological and Policy Orientations and Voting Behavior in the 2017 and 2022 Presidential Elections” [Read Report]

10. Bae Jin-seok: "The 86 Generation and the End of Generational Effects: An Analysis of Presidential Elections from 1992 to 2022" [Read Report]

*The East Asia Institute (EAI) conducted panel surveys twice, before and after the 20th presidential election, in collaboration with Korea Research. The first panel survey was conducted for 4 days from Wednesday, January 12 to Saturday, January 15, targeting 1,515 men and women aged 18 and over residing nationwide, using a proportional allocation sampling method based on region, gender, and age, utilizing a RDD sampling frame of wireless telephone numbers. The second panel survey was also conducted in the same manner for 6 days from Thursday, March 10 to Tuesday, March 15, immediately after the election, targeting a total of 1,104 individuals.