President Moon's Approval Rating Positive 46% vs Negative 43%...7 Consecutive Weeks of Decline [Gallup]

Party Support Ratings: Democratic Party 38%, United Party 21%, Justice Party 7%

President Moon Jae-in is attending the opening ceremony of the 21st National Assembly held at the National Assembly plenary session hall on the 16th, delivering a congratulatory speech on the opening./Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] President Moon Jae-in's approval rating slightly dropped to 46% compared to last week, continuing a decline for seven consecutive weeks. Respondents who gave a positive evaluation of his job performance cited the response to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) (33%) as the main reason, while those with a negative evaluation most frequently pointed to the 'real estate policy' (23%).

According to Gallup Korea on the 17th, a public opinion survey conducted from the 14th to the 16th showed that the positive evaluation of President Moon's job performance was 46% of all respondents, down 1 percentage point from the previous week. This marks a decline for seven consecutive weeks since the fourth week of May (65%). The response of 'doing poorly' was 43%, down 1 percentage point from last week.

Party support showed the Democratic Party of Korea dropping 2 percentage points to 38%, while the United Future Party rose 1 percentage point to 21%. The non-affiliated group was 27%, the Justice Party 7%, the People's Party 4%, and the Open Democratic Party 3%.

This survey was conducted nationwide among 1,001 people aged 18 and over, with a sampling error of ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For more details, refer to the Gallup or the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission websites.

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