President Moon's Approval Rating at 53.4%... Lowest Since Late March [Realmeter]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] A public opinion poll revealed that President Moon Jae-in's approval rating for his administration has declined for four consecutive weeks, recording in the mid-50% range.

According to Realmeter, which conducted the poll on behalf of YTN from the 15th to the 19th, the positive evaluation of President Moon's administration dropped by 4.8 percentage points from the previous week's weekly aggregate to 53.4%, as announced on the 22nd. This is the lowest figure since the fourth week of March (52.6%). On the other hand, negative evaluations rose by 4.8 percentage points to 41.8%. The 'Don't know/No response' category accounted for 4.9%.

The decline in positive evaluations was relatively large among the non-affiliated group, centrists, residents of Gyeonggi and Incheon, and people in their 20s and 40s. Among the non-affiliated group, positive evaluations dropped from 37.7% the previous week to 28.0%, a decrease of 9.7 percentage points. Support among those who identified as centrists ideologically also fell from 55.3% to 49.2%, a 6.1 percentage point drop. By age group, it fell by 10.2 percentage points in the 20s and 9.0 percentage points in the 40s.

In terms of party support, the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 40.6%, down 1.7 percentage points from the previous week. The United Future Party rose by 1.2 percentage points to 29.1%. The Open Democratic Party fell by 1.2 percentage points to 4.5%, and the Justice Party also dropped by 1.2 percentage points to 4.4%. The People’s Party recorded 3.9%.

This survey contacted 56,383 voters aged 18 and over nationwide, with a final 2,509 respondents completing the survey, resulting in a response rate of 4.4%. 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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