President Moon Jae-in's Approval Rating Hits Lowest at 34.1%... Negative Evaluation Reaches 60% for the First Time

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Yoon-joo] A poll released on the 3rd showed that President Moon Jae-in's approval rating has fallen to its lowest level.

According to a survey conducted by Realmeter on behalf of YTN from the 1st to the 2nd, targeting 1,000 people nationwide aged 18 and older, President Moon's approval rating for his administration's performance was 34.1%. The disapproval rating was 61.7%.

This is the first time the disapproval rating has exceeded 60% according to Realmeter's standards. The approval rating is also the lowest since the current administration began.

By region, approval ratings were higher in Gwangju·Jeolla (50.2%), Jeju (42.9%), Gangwon (37.2%), and Incheon·Gyeonggi (37.0%). Disapproval ratings were higher in Daegu·Gyeongbuk (81.1%), Daejeon·Sejong·Chungcheong (67.7%), Busan·Ulsan·Gyeongnam (66.4%), and Seoul (60.7%).

By ideological tendency, the centrist group showed a higher disapproval rating (68.0%) than approval (30.1%), and among those without party affiliation, approval was 19.4% while disapproval was 68.0%.

Party support rates were 34.2% for the People Power Party and 28.7% for the Democratic Party. The gap between the two parties was 5.5 percentage points, within the margin of error (±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level).

In Seoul, a key battleground for the April by-elections this year, the Democratic Party led the People Power Party within the margin of error, with 33.9% to 30.5%. Conversely, in Busan·Ulsan·Gyeongnam, the People Power Party led significantly with 42.6% compared to the Democratic Party's 21.9%.

Other parties ranked as follows: People Party 9.9%, Justice Party 5.6%, Open Democratic Party 4.2%.

For more details, refer to the Realmeter website or the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission's website.

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