President Moon's Approval Rating at 45.6%... People Power Party Surpasses Democratic Party in Seoul [Realmeter]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] President Moon Jae-in's approval rating for his administration has remained steady in the mid-40% range for nine consecutive weeks. Both the Democratic Party and the People Power Party saw their approval ratings decline simultaneously, with the Democratic Party trailing the People Power Party in the Seoul area.

According to Realmeter's survey conducted on behalf of tbs from the 2nd to the 4th, the positive evaluation of President Moon's administration rose by 0.7 percentage points from the previous week's aggregate to 45.6%, announced on the 5th. Negative evaluations decreased by 1.3 percentage points to 49.6%. The gap between positive and negative evaluations stands at 4.0 percentage points, which is within the margin of error.

Positive evaluations increased in the Chungcheong region (up 3.6 percentage points), Incheon and Gyeonggi (up 3.1 percentage points), among women (up 4.3 percentage points), people in their 40s (up 4.6 percentage points), and supporters of the Open Democratic Party (up 3.5 percentage points). Conversely, negative evaluations rose among supporters of the Justice Party (up 17.1 percentage points), centrists (up 2.8 percentage points), and self-employed individuals (up 3.7 percentage points).

Realmeter analyzed, "Although issues such as the Democratic Party's voting related to next year's by-elections, conflicts between the ruling party and government over property tax and capital gains tax, and the lingering conflicts between Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae and Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl were focal points, there were no significant changes."

In terms of party support, the Democratic Party dropped 0.1 percentage points from the previous week to 34.7%. The People Power Party also fell by 1.2 percentage points to 27.7%. However, in Seoul, considered a battleground for next April's by-elections, the People Power Party rose by 1.0 percentage point to 31.4%, overtaking the Democratic Party, which fell by 3.8 percentage points to 30.3%.

This appears to be influenced by the government's and ruling party's decision to lower the property tax exemption threshold from a publicly announced value of 900 million won to 600 million won, while maintaining the 1 billion won threshold for major shareholders regarding stock capital gains tax.

Support for parties outside the two major ones was as follows: People Party and Open Democratic Party at 7.0%, and Justice Party at 5.8%.

This survey contacted 37,320 voters aged 18 and over nationwide, with a final response of 1,504 people, recording a response rate of 4.0%. 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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