President Moon's Approval Rating Rises 3%p to 44%... Effective Response to COVID-19 [Gallup]

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] President Moon Jae-in's approval rating for his administration has shown a moderate increase in the Korea Gallup survey, following Realmeter's results.

Gallup announced on the 7th that in a public opinion survey conducted from the 4th to the 6th among 1,000 adults aged 18 and over, 44% of respondents gave a positive evaluation of President Moon's job performance. This is a 3 percentage point increase from the previous week. Negative evaluations decreased by 1 percentage point to 49%.

In particular, when respondents who positively evaluated President Moon's job performance were asked the reason, "response to the novel coronavirus" (24%) was the most frequently cited.

On the other hand, respondents who negatively evaluated his job performance cited "lack of resolution on economic and livelihood issues" (20%) followed by "insufficient response to the novel coronavirus" (13%) as reasons.

Since both positive and negative evaluations included the response to the novel coronavirus as a reason, this indicates a divided assessment of the government's handling of the situation.

In terms of party support, the Democratic Party of Korea rose by 2 percentage points to 36% compared to the previous week. The Liberty Korea Party dropped by 1 percentage point to 20%, and the Justice Party also fell by 1 percentage point to 5%. The Ahn Cheol-soo New Party (tentative name), which former lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo is planning to establish, was surveyed at 3%. Support for the New Conservative Party and the Bareunmirae Party remained unchanged at 2% from the previous week.

This survey contacted 6,233 adult men and women nationwide aged 18 and over, with a final 1,000 respondents completing the survey, recording a response rate of 16%. The sampling error is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For more details, refer to the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.

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