The sudden surge in young voters has called into question the long-presumed victory of the governing GNP’s likely candidate, Park Guen-hye, in the presidential election due to be held in December. Indeed, many political analysts now regard the GNP as a sinking ship, particularly after a staffer to one of the party’s MPs allegedly masterminded a cyber-attack on the National Election Commission’s Web site to prevent young voters from getting to the polls.
执政大国家党的总统候选人朴槿惠原本被外界一致看好，但年轻选民的突然涌现使得今年12月的总统选举突生变数。事实上许多政治分析家如今都将大国家党视为一艘沉没中的巨轮，而情况在该党一名国会议员被揭发为防止年轻选民参与民调，不惜暗中操纵对国家选举委员会网站的网络袭击之后则更加恶化了。