Neck and neck right in South Korea counting the votes for president with a win by @Jaemyung_Lee (in blue) meaning they could be the first industrialized country with universal basic income. 
With over 75% of the vote now counted, @Jaemyung_Lee has fallen behind Yoon, the conservative candidate. A joint exit poll by KBS, MBC, and SBS television stations in South Korea predict that Yoon will end up winning. It's so close though that the winner may not be known today.
With over 88% of the votes cast, channel KBS has called the election for the incel-backed right-wing populist party candidate. It also appears that the 3rd place progressive female candidate served as a spoiler thanks to the lack of ranked-choice voting.
vice.com/en/article/y3v…
vice.com/en/article/y3v…
This appears to be yet another election result that cries out for the implementation of ranked-choice voting to eliminate the spoiler effect. It also adds further support to @AndrewYang's belief that RCV is necessary first in order to then make universal basic income possible.
It's official. The universal basic income candidate has conceded defeat. There will now likely be no UBI in South Korea's immediate future. The winner is the conservative worried about the national debt and who prefers the usual more targeted approaches.
https://twitter.com/business/status/1501635992813506561
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