President Moon's Approval Rating at 43.2%... Rises for 3 Consecutive Weeks [Realmeter]

Positive 43.2% vs Negative 52.4%

Party Support: Deobureo Minjudang Leads Gungminuihim for 2 Consecutive Weeks
Minjudang 33.3%, Gungminuihim 30.5% in Order

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] President Moon Jae-in's approval rating for his administration's performance has risen for three consecutive weeks. In party support, the Democratic Party of Korea has surpassed the People Power Party for two consecutive weeks.

According to Realmeter's announcement on the 28th, based on a public opinion survey conducted from the 25th to the 27th at the request of YTN, President Moon's approval rating (positive evaluation) increased by 0.2 percentage points compared to the previous week's aggregate, reaching 43.2%. The disapproval rating fell by 0.8 percentage points to 52.4%, while the percentage of respondents who were unsure or did not respond rose by 0.8 percentage points to 4.5%.

By region, the approval rating increased most significantly in Seoul, where the April by-election will be held.

In Seoul, President Moon's approval rating rose by 6.8 percentage points from the previous week to 44.5%. Following that, Daegu-Gyeongbuk and Daejeon-Sejong-Chungcheong also saw increases of 5.7 percentage points and 3.2 percentage points respectively compared to the previous week, with approval ratings of 31.0% and 39.3%. Conversely, in Gwangju-Jeolla, the approval rating dropped sharply by 10.5 percentage points from 70.0% to 59.5% compared to the previous week.

In terms of party support, the Democratic Party of Korea led the People Power Party for two consecutive weeks. The Democratic Party's support rate rose by 0.5 percentage points from the previous week's aggregate to 33.3%, while the People Power Party increased by only 1.9 percentage points to 30.5%.

Following them, the People Party and the Open Democratic Party rose by 1.2 percentage points and 0.4 percentage points respectively from the previous week, recording 8.8% and 7.3%, while the Justice Party fell by 1.0 percentage point to 4.1%.

This survey contacted 36,329 voters aged 18 and over nationwide, with a final 1,510 respondents completing the survey, resulting in a response rate of 4.2%. The sampling error is ±2.5 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For more details, refer to the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.

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