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-Ruling party candidate Chae Chi-Dong at 44.7%, opposition candidate Park Deok-Ryul at 43.8%. The ruling party leads by approximately 0.9%.
While both candidates outperformed previous polling, the gap between them remained unchanged.
Of course, this is just the exit poll and we'll have to wait for the final count…
Roughly five million people voted in the Seoul mayoral race today. A 0.9% difference translated to about 45,000 votes. And since exit polls from the three major broadcasters were usually reliable, the tension began to rise.
If the ruling party won Seoul, Assemblyman Park Sang-Gon—the man behind the campaign and a major contender for the next presidential race—might retain his position as party leader.
That was when the camera director sitting across the table, who had been following the political news on his phone, accidentally muttered aloud.
"Ahem. Looks like the ruling party's got Seoul in the bag."
Realizing he had spoken out loud, the director quickly lowered his voice. It was because PD Oh Bok-Hee had made it clear that politics had no place on set.
Scrape.
The camera director gathered his empty tray, pulled back his chair, and stood up.
"Eat lots, Chief Jung. I'll be heading back."
"Alright."
After saying goodbye, I pulled out my own phone to check the vote count. Just then, my phone buzzed.
Buzz~
[Notification: Fortune of the Day from Everyday has been uploaded.]
'Fortune of the Day? Now?'
The day was nearly over, but I checked it anyway. And what I saw made the corners of my lips twitch upward.
[Everyday V13]
[Date: April 7, 2021]
[Fortune of the Day: Nothing but good news today. There is no need to worry.]
I almost burst out laughing. Unlike the exit polls, this hinted that the ruling...
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