The Influence of Scandal on Vote Intention during Korean Presidential Campaigns: Why Do Voters Support the “Corrupt” Candidate?

Jeonghun Min is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, U.S.A. He would like to thank Paul-Henri Gurian, Daniel Savage, and an anonymous reviewer for their invaluable suggestions on an earlier version of this article. He gratefully acknowledges the East Asia Institute (EAI) in Seoul for providing its valuable data on the 2007 Korean presidential election, and takes sole responsibility for all possible errors in the article. Email: <min@nsuok.edu>.