Lee Jae-myung finds himself in a precarious position. He is currently under investigation for multiple alleged scandals and will soon face questioning for the third time by prosecutors. At the same time, he is the leader of the majority party in the National Assembly and, according to one poll, the preferred future political leader.

In this way-too-early poll from Segye Ilbo and Gallup Korea, 25% of South Koreans prefer Lee as the country’s next political leader. But that result requires several caveats.

First, the question’s wording stops short of asking respondents about which candidate they would prefer