President Moon's approval rating at 61.5%... 6th week in the 60% range [Realmeter]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] President Moon Jae-in's approval rating for his administration remained in the 60% range for six consecutive weeks. However, the approval rating slightly declined compared to the previous week.

According to Realmeter's survey conducted on behalf of tbs from the 25th to the 27th, the positive evaluation of President Moon's administration was recorded at 61.5%, down 0.8 percentage points from the previous week's weekly aggregate, the agency announced on the 28th. The negative evaluation rose by 1.0 percentage point to 33.6%.

The gap between positive and negative evaluations was 27.9 percentage points, which is outside the margin of error. The positive evaluation has been higher than the negative evaluation outside the margin of error for 10 consecutive weeks.

By region, the approval rating dropped by 10.1 percentage points in Gwangju and Jeolla. By political party support, the Justice Party's support decreased by 5.6 percentage points, while the non-affiliated group rose by 4.0 percentage points, and the People’s Party support increased by 7.0 percentage points. By occupation, the unemployed group dropped by 11.0 percentage points, and the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sector fell by 3.0 percentage points. Among students, it rose by 9.5 percentage points.

Regarding party support, the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 42.8%, up 0.3 percentage points from the previous week, and the United Future Party recorded 25.7%, up 0.9 percentage points.

The Justice Party fell by 0.6 percentage points to 5.4%, and the Open Democratic Party dropped by 1.0 percentage point to 5.2%. Following were the People’s Party at 4.1% and the Minsheng Party at 2.5%.

This survey contacted 38,399 voters aged 18 and older nationwide, with a final response of 1,511 people, recording a response rate of 3.9%. 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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