President Moon's Approval Rating at 43%... Increased Criticism on 'Real Estate and Livelihood' [Gallup]

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] President Moon Jae-in's approval rating for his job performance has remained in the mid-40% range without significant fluctuations.

According to a public opinion survey conducted by Gallup Korea from the 27th to the 29th among 1,001 adults aged 18 and over, 43% of respondents gave a positive evaluation of President Moon's job performance, the same figure as the previous week, the agency announced on the 30th. On the other hand, negative evaluations rose by 1 percentage point to 45%.

By age group, the positive/negative ratings were 45%/36% for ages 18-29 (hereafter '20s'), 42%/47% for 30s, 52%/40% for 40s, 42%/54% for 50s, and 36%/52% for 60 and above.

By political party support, 74% of Democratic Party supporters evaluated the president's job performance positively, while 92% of People Power Party supporters evaluated it negatively. Among those with no current party affiliation, the negative rating also led (positive 24%, negative 52%).

When asked the reasons for positive evaluations from those who approved of the president's job performance (426 respondents), the responses were as follows: 'Response to COVID-19' (32%), 'Overall good performance' (8%), 'Doing their best / working hard' (7%), 'Efforts for ordinary people' (6%), 'Expansion of welfare' (5%), 'Considering the people's position', 'Faithfulness to basics / following principles / fairness', 'Diplomacy / international relations', and 'Economic policy' (all 3%).

Those who negatively evaluated the job performance (464 respondents) cited reasons such as 'Real estate policy' (18%), 'Lack of solutions to economic and livelihood issues' (14%), 'Overall insufficiency' (10%), 'Personnel issues' (8%), 'Autocratic / unilateral / biased', 'Unfairness / double standards' (all 5%), 'Relations with North Korea', 'Diplomatic issues', 'National division / conflict', 'Tax increases', and 'Untrustworthy / unfavorable impression' (all 3%). Compared to the previous week, reasons for positive evaluations remained largely unchanged, while mentions related to real estate and livelihood issues slightly increased among negative evaluations.

Party support stands at 40% for the Democratic Party, 20% for the People Power Party, 6% for the Justice Party, 4% for the People Party, and 2% for the Open Democratic Party. Compared to the previous week, support for the Democratic Party and the People Power Party increased by 5 percentage points and 3 percentage points, respectively.

Meanwhile, in evaluations of the job performance of Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae and Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl, Yoon's job performance rating slightly led.

Minister Choo received 32% positive and 56% negative responses regarding her job performance, while Prosecutor General Yoon received 39% positive and 44% negative responses.

Compared to a similar survey conducted in July, positive responses for Minister Choo's job performance decreased from 40% to 32%, and for Prosecutor General Yoon, from 43% to 39% during the same period.

This survey contacted 6,394 adults aged 18 and over nationwide, with a final 1,001 respondents completing the survey, resulting in a 16% response rate. The sampling error is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For more details, refer to the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.

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