Proportional Voting, Ruling Party Proportional Alliance 37.8% vs Future Korea Party 30.7% [Realmeter]

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] In the 21st general election proportional representation party vote intention survey, the response indicating a vote for the proportional alliance party led by the Democratic Party of Korea was higher than the response indicating a vote for the Future Korea Party.

According to Realmeter, which conducted the survey commissioned by tbs from the 16th to the 18th, the responses choosing the proportional alliance party and the Future Korea Party were 37.8% and 30.7%, respectively, as announced on the 19th.

The proportional alliance party, included for the first time in this survey, showed high support in Honam (59.1%), people in their 40s (47.5%), and the progressive group (67.8%). The Future Korea Party rose by 1.5 percentage points compared to the previous week, with significant increases in Daegu·Gyeongbuk (41.2%→46.7%) and people in their 20s (17.7%→27.9%).

In addition, the People’s Party received 5.7%, and the Justice Party 5.3%, while other parties recorded less than 3% each.

President Moon Jae-in’s approval rating for his administration was 47.9%, up 0.7 percentage points from the previous week’s weekly aggregate. The disapproval rating fell by 0.2 percentage points to 48.9%. The gap between approval and disapproval ratings was 1.0 percentage point.

By age group, approval ratings increased relatively significantly among people in their 30s (46.2%→54.6%, disapproval 43.7%) and 50s (43.2%→49.5%, disapproval 48.7%). However, it decreased sharply among people in their 20s (49.9%→42.9%, disapproval 50.8%).

By party support, approval ratings rose notably among Justice Party supporters (59.3%→73.4%, disapproval 20.4%), People’s Party supporters (11.8%→22.7%, disapproval 72.2%), and the non-affiliated group (25.0%→29.3%, disapproval 57.8%).

By occupation, approval ratings increased among self-employed (41.9%→44.9%, disapproval 53.9%) but decreased among students (52.0%→47.3%, disapproval 45.2%) and the unemployed (40.2%→35.1%, disapproval 56.3%).

In party support, the Democratic Party recorded 40.9%, down 0.6 percentage points from the previous week. The United Future Party rose 3.0 percentage points to 35.1%.

The People’s Party remained steady at 3.9%, while the Justice Party fell 1.1 percentage points to 3.2%. Other parties recorded as follows: Pro-Park New Party 2.5%, Minsheng Party 1.6%, Minjung Party 1.5%, and Liberty Republican Party 1.0%.

This survey contacted 24,733 voters aged 18 and over nationwide, with a final 1,501 respondents completing the survey, resulting in a 6.1% response rate. The sampling error is ±2.5 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For more details, refer to the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.

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