Deployment to the Strait of Hormuz: 'Oppose' 48.4% vs 'Support' 40.3%

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] Nearly half of the public opposes dispatching our military to the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East.

According to a survey conducted by Realmeter on the 10th at the request of YTN's "The News," the opposition to dispatching our military to the Strait of Hormuz was 48.4%, which is 8.1 percentage points higher than the support rate of 40.3%, the agency announced on the 13th.

Previously, the United States publicly requested our government to dispatch troops to the Strait of Hormuz as instability in the Middle East intensified due to military conflicts with Iran.

Looking at the details, opposition responses were the majority in regions such as Gwangju and Jeolla (Oppose 54.7% vs Support 36.7%), Daejeon, Sejong, and Chungcheong (51.0% vs 41.4%), Seoul (49.2% vs 35.1%), Gyeonggi and Incheon (Oppose 47.9% vs Support 41.9%), and by age groups in their 50s (59.7% vs 28.7%), 40s (56.3% vs 33.7%), and 30s (46.9% vs 41.9%).

Additionally, opposition was high among progressives (Oppose 59.8% vs Support 29.4%), supporters of the Justice Party (79.6% vs 20.4%) and the Democratic Party of Korea (59.1% vs 28.7%), as well as among the politically unaffiliated (49.8% vs 33.1%).

On the other hand, support was the majority among people in their 20s (Oppose 33.3% vs Support 57.7%), conservatives (36.9% vs 55.3%), and supporters of the Liberty Korea Party (30.1% vs 58.2%).

In regions such as Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam (Oppose 46.3% vs Support 42.8%), Daegu and Gyeongbuk (42.7% vs 46.8%), among those aged 60 and above (44.6% vs 41.9%), and centrists (43.4% vs 43.9%), opinions were evenly split.

This survey contacted 11,329 adults nationwide aged 19 and older, with a final response of 502 people, recording a response rate of 4.4%. The sampling error is ±4.4 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.

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