President Moon's Approval Rating Drops for 5 Consecutive Weeks... Approaching Collapse Below 50% [Realmeter]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] President Moon Jae-in's approval rating for his administration is wavering. The approval rating, which had consistently been in the 60% range, has declined for five consecutive weeks and is now on the verge of falling below the 50% mark. This appears to be due to the ongoing impact of strained inter-Korean relations following North Korea's anti-South Korea statements and the demolition of the Kaesong Inter-Korean Joint Liaison Office.

According to a poll conducted by Realmeter on behalf of tbs from the 22nd to the 24th, the positive evaluation of President Moon's administration dropped by 1.8 percentage points from the previous week's weekly aggregate to 51.6%, announced on the 25th. This is the lowest figure since the third week of March (49.3%). On the other hand, the negative evaluation rose by 2.7 percentage points to 44.5%. The 'Don't know/No response' category accounted for 3.9%.

The gap between positive and negative evaluations remains outside the margin of error at 7.1 percentage points. Although the positive evaluation has been higher than the negative evaluation outside the margin of error for 14 consecutive weeks, the gap is the narrowest since the third week of March (positive 49.3% · negative 47.9%).

The decline in positive evaluations was relatively large among conservatives (down 5.6 percentage points), the Chungcheong region (down 9.5 percentage points), Honam (down 8.6 percentage points), and people in their 30s (down 9.6 percentage points). Additionally, among progressives, the positive evaluation dropped by 2.9 percentage points from 81.7% the previous week to 78.8%, while among conservatives, the negative evaluation rose sharply from 66.7% to 75.4%. Among moderates, the positive evaluation slightly decreased from 49.2% to 47.8%.

Regarding party support, the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 40.8%, up 0.2 percentage points from the previous week. The United Future Party fell by 1.0 percentage point to 28.1%. The Open Democratic Party rose by 1.5 percentage points to 6.0%, and the Justice Party increased by 0.4 percentage points to 4.8%. The People’s Party dropped by 0.5 percentage points to 3.4%.

This survey contacted 37,490 voters aged 18 and over nationwide, with a final 1,516 respondents completing the survey, resulting in a 4.0% response rate. The sampling error is ±2.5 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For more details, refer to the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission website.

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