[Local Election Panel Survey] National Issue Compilation

OverviewThe May 31, 2006, National Local Election Panel Survey was the first full-scale panel survey in the history of Korean election research, jointly planned by EAI, SBS, JoongAng Ilbo, and Hankook Research. This survey, which tracks changes in voter attitudes through the same panel, was conducted in four rounds of local panel surveys (Seoul, Busan, Gwangju, Chungnam) and two rounds of national panel surveys before and after the May 31 local elections.

This document compiles issues related to the May 31 National Simultaneous Local Elections at the national level. It organizes the major issues that heated up the first half of 2006, chronologically, from the sexual harassment incident involving Grand National Party lawmaker Choi Yeon-hee at the end of February to the stabbing of Grand National Party leader Park Geun-hye, which emerged as a last-minute variable in the election.