{"id":251498,"date":"2026-03-19T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/03\/19\/dae-gu-residents-break-free-party\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:24:08","slug":"dae-gu-residents-break-free-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/03\/19\/dae-gu-residents-break-free-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Dae-gu Residents Break Free from Party Control? 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In the 2016 general election, voters in Honam favored the People\u2019s Party over the Democratic Party, and in the 2024 general election they sent a warning to the Democrats by using the so-called \u201cJi-Min-Bi-Jo\u201d tactic\u2014voting Democratic in district races and for the National Innovation Party on proportional ballots.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, Daegu\u2013Gyeongbuk (TK) has on occasion ceded seats to the Democratic Party, but the prevailing trend has been overwhelming support for conservative parties. That created a deep-seated perception within the People Power Party that \u201cwhoever we nominate in TK will win,\u201d a mindset that helped produce the current controversy over the Daegu mayoral nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Residents find themselves unable even to elect a mayor who could revive a stagnating city, and rumors that the party is preselecting a specific candidate have spread as if fact, transforming local frustration into anger at the People Power Party. With former Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum reportedly preparing to run as the Democratic Party\u2019s Daegu mayoral contender, many say they will vote Democratic this time to make clear they will not act as the party\u2019s rubber stamp.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a growing reassessment of whether the People Power Party has effectively addressed local problems. Critics point to party leaders\u2014including Jang Dong-hyuk\u2014for being tepid on the issue of TK administrative integration despite unified local political opinion and residents\u2019 clear demands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeren\u2019t the party leaders the ones who publicly said they supported TK integration while opposing it behind closed doors?\u201d a Daegu resident asked. \u201cHave they treated their stronghold\u2019s long-standing aspirations as nothing more than political tools? Unlike provinces, metropolitan cities confer a very different set of powers and responsibilities on the mayor. Nominating a parachute candidate ignores the region\u2019s bleak reality and its hopes for future development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A current head of a Daegu local government office said, \u201cMany district residents say they will vote for Kim Boo-kyum if he runs,\u201d adding that people are voicing a determination to end their one-sided loyalty to the People Power Party\u2014an outcome that worries local officials.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this mood, Nomination Committee Chair Lee Jung-hyun has maintained a unilateral stance that appears to disregard local opinion. On the 19th, Lee wrote on Facebook, \u201cNominations should be decided by the standards the times demand, not by individuals. You could embarrass yourself by jumping to conclusions before seeing the results,\u201d remarks that again struck many as out of step with local sentiment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ruling party&#8217;s attempt to impose a candidate for Daegu mayor without local input has sparked calls for accountability and change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/03\/CP-2023-0263\/image-0e5b9830-cf2d-421d-a6ef-81dd85cd831f.jpeg","footnotes":""},"categories":[278093],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can Dae-gu Residents Break Free from Party Control? 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