President Moon's Approval Rating at 61.7%... 4 Consecutive Weeks in the 60% Range [Realmeter]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] President Moon Jae-in's approval rating for his administration continued its high-level trend, maintaining the 60% range for four consecutive weeks.

According to Realmeter's survey conducted on behalf of YTN from the 11th to the 15th, the positive evaluation of President Moon's performance was recorded at 61.7%, a 0.3 percentage point decrease compared to the previous week's aggregate, the agency announced on the 18th. This marks the first time since the second week of July 2018 that the positive rating has stayed in the 60% range for four consecutive weeks.

The negative evaluation rose by 0.7 percentage points to 33.1%. The gap between positive and negative evaluations stands at 28.6 percentage points.

By region, positive evaluations in Daegu and Gyeongbuk dropped significantly by 8.4 percentage points to 46.2%. By age group, the 30s saw a 4.3 percentage point decrease to 64%, while those aged 70 and above showed a contrasting increase of 8.3 percentage points to 55.2%.

By party support, the Justice Party's supporters decreased by 6.6 percentage points, and the non-affiliated group also fell by 6.1 percentage points. Supporters of the Open Democratic Party declined by 5.2 percentage points. Ideologically, the centrist group dropped by 5.9 percentage points.

Party support ratings slightly increased for both the Democratic Party of Korea and the United Future Party. The Democratic Party's support rose by 1.2 percentage points to 44.9%, while the United Future Party's support increased by 1.1 percentage points to 27.2%. Following were the Open Democratic Party at 5.3%, the Justice Party at 5.1%, the People's Party at 3.6%, and the Minsheng Party at 1.8%.

This survey contacted 54,485 voters aged 18 and over nationwide, with a final response of 2,509 people, recording a response rate of 4.6%. The sampling error is ±2.0 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For more details, refer to the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.

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