President Moon's Approval Rating Nears 40% Following Praise for US Visit Achievements... Recovery to Pre-LH Scandal Levels [Realmeter]

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] President Moon Jae-in's approval rating has approached 40%, recovering to the level before the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) scandal, influenced by positive evaluations of the outcomes of the South Korea-US summit, according to a public opinion poll.

According to Realmeter's survey commissioned by YTN, conducted from the 24th to the 28th among 2,512 people aged 18 and over nationwide, President Moon's approval rating (positive evaluation) was recorded at 39.3%, up 4.4 percentage points from the previous week, announced on the 31st. This is the highest since the first week of March (40.1%) before the LH scandal.

The disapproval rating was 56.3%, down 4.7 percentage points from the previous week. It is only the 11th week (second week of March, 57.4%) that President Moon's disapproval rating has fallen below 60%. The gap between positive and negative evaluations narrowed to 19.7 percentage points, also the smallest in 11 weeks, falling into the 10% point range.

By region, the approval rating increased the most in Gwangju and Jeolla (67.0%), a stronghold of the ruling party, rising 16.6 percentage points from the previous week, followed by Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam (32.7%), which are conservative-leaning areas, rising 8.5 percentage points.

By age group, those in their 20s (31.7%) rose 9.2 percentage points from the previous week, followed by those in their 40s (55.0%) and 30s (42.6%), which increased by 8.8 percentage points and 2.9 percentage points, respectively.

Realmeter analyzed, "Buoyed by positive evaluations of the visit to the US, President Moon's approval rating broke through the upper limit of the box range and rose."

Party approval ratings showed the People Power Party falling 0.3 percentage points to 35.6%, while the Democratic Party of Korea rose 0.8 percentage points to 30.5%, recovering to the 30% range after three weeks. This was followed by the People Party (7.1%), Open Democratic Party (6.5%), and Justice Party (4.2%).

The margin of error for this survey is ±2.0 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For detailed information, please refer to the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission website.

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