President Moon's Negative Approval Rating Nears 60%... Highest Since Inauguration [Realmeter]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] A public opinion poll revealed that the negative evaluation of President Moon Jae-in's administration approached 60%. Positive evaluations declined again, remaining in the 30% range for four consecutive weeks.

According to Realmeter, which conducted the survey commissioned by tbs from the 21st to the 23rd, the negative evaluation of President Moon's administration rose by 1.4 percentage points from the previous week's aggregate to 59.1% as of the 24th. This is the highest since his inauguration. Conversely, positive evaluations fell by 2.1 percentage points to 37.4%. The gap between positive and negative evaluations was 21.7 percentage points, outside the margin of error.

Negative evaluations notably increased in Daegu·Gyeongbuk (9.5 percentage points), Busan·Ulsan·Gyeongnam (4.2 percentage points), among women (3.2 percentage points), people in their 30s (8.0 percentage points) and 50s (7.7 percentage points), supporters of the Democratic Party of Korea (4.1 percentage points), and conservatives (2.7 percentage points).

Positive evaluations mainly rose among those in their 60s (6.3 percentage points) and 70s and older (3.0 percentage points), supporters of the Open Democratic Party (1.6 percentage points), progressives (3.3 percentage points), homemakers (2.5 percentage points), and labor workers (2.5 percentage points).

Realmeter analyzed that controversies such as delays in securing COVID-19 vaccines, the assault incident involving Deputy Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu, past remarks by nominee for Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Byun Chang-heum, and the controversy over artistic support funds for President Moon's son Moon Jun-yong likely influenced the results.

Regarding party support, the People Power Party rose by 2.0 percentage points from the previous week to 33.6%, while the Democratic Party fell by 0.6 percentage points to 30.0%. The gap between the two parties was 3.6 percentage points, within the margin of error.

Additionally, the Open Democratic Party decreased by 1.0 percentage point to 6.2%, the People's Party fell by 1.1 percentage points to 6.1%, the Justice Party rose by 1.1 percentage points to 4.5%, the Basic Income Party dropped by 0.2 percentage points to 0.8%, and the Transition Korea party increased by 0.1 percentage points to 0.7%.

The survey contacted 31,866 voters aged 18 and over nationwide, with 1,505 completing responses, resulting in a 4.7% response rate. 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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