President Moon's Approval Rating at 37.4%, 'All-Time Low'... Democratic Party Also Loses Lead [Realmeter]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] President Moon Jae-in's approval rating for his administration's performance remains stuck in the 30% range, marking the lowest level since the current government took office. The ruling party, the Democratic Party of Korea, also saw its approval rating drop to the 20% range, losing its leading position to the People Power Party.

According to Realmeter's survey commissioned by YTN, conducted from the 30th of last month to the 4th of this month, President Moon's positive evaluation of his administration's performance fell by 6.4 percentage points from the previous week's aggregate to 37.4%, announced on the 7th. Negative evaluations rose by 5.2 percentage points to 57.4%.

This is the first time since the current government took office that the positive evaluation has fallen below 40% based on weekly aggregates, breaking the previous lowest record of 41.4% set in the second week of October 2019 after 14 months. The gap between positive and negative evaluations stands at 20.0 percentage points, which is outside the margin of error.

The 37.4% approval rating in this week's aggregate matches the rating announced by Realmeter on the 3rd, based on a midweek survey commissioned by tbs conducted from the 30th of last month to the 2nd of this month, which was the lowest since the current government took office.

Significant declines in positive evaluations were observed in Honam (down 14.2 percentage points), Chungcheong region (down 13.7 percentage points), homemakers (down 11.1 percentage points), women (down 9.9 percentage points), students (down 9.7 percentage points), and those in their 60s (down 9.4 percentage points).

Negative evaluations increased mainly in Chungcheong region (up 13.3 percentage points), Honam (up 9.8 percentage points), those in their 60s (up 8.2 percentage points), homemakers (up 7.7 percentage points), women (up 7.4 percentage points), and self-employed individuals (up 6.9 percentage points).

In terms of party approval ratings, the Democratic Party's rating dropped sharply, ceding the lead to the People Power Party. The Democratic Party recorded 29.7%, down 4.4 percentage points from the previous week, while the People Power Party rose 3.4 percentage points to 31.3%. Other parties were recorded as follows: the People Party at 7.2%, the Open Democratic Party at 5.5%, and the Justice Party at 5.2%.

The survey contacted 57,048 voters aged 18 and over nationwide, with a final response of 2,513 people, resulting in a response rate of 4.4%. The sampling error is ±2.0 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For more details, refer to the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.

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