Approval Rating of Moon Nears 50%... Democratic and United Parties Widen Double-Digit Gap Again [Realmeter]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] A recent public opinion poll shows that President Moon Jae-in's approval rating for his administration has approached the 50% mark again. In terms of party support, the Democratic Party of Korea has widened its lead over the United Future Party by double digits.

According to Realmeter, which conducted the survey commissioned by tbs from the 24th to the 26th, President Moon's positive evaluation of his administration rose by 3.3 percentage points from the previous week's aggregate to 49.4%, announced on the 27th. Negative evaluations dropped by 4.2 percentage points to 46.6%. This is the first time in seven weeks since the second week of July that positive evaluations have surpassed negative ones.

By region, approval ratings increased in Daegu-Gyeongbuk (up 6.9 percentage points to 35.4%), Gwangju-Jeolla (up 4.7 percentage points to 76.2%), and Seoul (up 4.5 percentage points to 45.0%).

By age group, there was a significant rise among those aged 70 and above (up 10.7 percentage points to 41.9%) and those in their 60s (up 9.5 percentage points to 45.7%), but a decline among the core support group of people in their 30s (down 6.0 percentage points to 45.9%). Notably, in the 30s age group, negative evaluations (50.9%) exceeded positive ones.

Regarding party support, the Democratic Party rose 1.6 percentage points from the previous week to 41.3%, surpassing the 40% mark for the first time in nine weeks since the fourth week of June. The United Future Party fell 4.8 percentage points to 30.3%, marking a decline for the second consecutive week. The gap between the two parties widened to 11.0 percentage points, reaching double digits for the first time in seven weeks.

Other parties recorded support as follows: the People’s Party at 4.3%, and both the Justice Party and the Open Democratic Party at 3.6% each.

The survey contacted 28,519 voters aged 18 and over nationwide, with a final response of 1,512 participants, resulting in a response rate of 5.3%. 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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