[AKY News Poll] 70% Positive Rating for Korea-US Summit... Moon Jae-in's Approval Rating Rebounds to 40% Range

Democratic Support Rate Falls by 2.9%P

[Asia Economy Reporters Oh Ju-yeon and Park Jun-i] The public evaluated the outcomes of the South Korea-US summit relatively favorably. As a result, President Moon Jae-in's approval rating for his administration rebounded, surpassing 40%.

The positive response rate for President Moon's administration was recorded at 41.4%, rising 4.6 percentage points compared to the survey conducted just before the South Korea-US summit in the third week of May (May 15-16, 36.8%). During the same period, negative responses saying 'not doing well' decreased by 4.1 percentage points from 58.9% to 54.8%.

This is interpreted as being influenced by the fact that 7 out of 10 citizens evaluated the summit's outcomes positively. The proportion of respondents who said there were 'achievements' in this summit was 70.5%, while those who said there were 'no achievements' accounted for 23.9%.

The most cited major achievement was 'securing missile sovereignty,' with 20.5% of respondents selecting this. This was followed by 'strengthening the South Korea-US alliance (16.4%)', 'establishing a global vaccine partnership (15.4%)', 'pioneering new avenues in advanced industries such as semiconductors and batteries (9.9%)', 'cooperation on the US's China containment policy (6.1%)', and 'forming a consensus on North Korea policy direction (2.3%)'.

However, party approval ratings did not show a similar trend. Compared to the survey conducted just before the summit, the Democratic Party's approval rating fell by 2.9 percentage points to 31.5%, while the People Power Party's rating rose by 2.0 percentage points to 28.7%. The increase in support for the People Power Party appears to be influenced by the 'Lee Jun-seok wave' and the convention effect of the party leadership election.

This survey was conducted by Asia Economy through Win-G Korea Consulting, targeting voters aged 18 and older nationwide from April 29 to 30, with 1,045 respondents and an overall response rate of 10.4%. The survey method was 100% wireless ARS using virtual mobile phone numbers. The sample was extracted using weighted values by gender, age, and region based on the resident registration population as of the end of January 2021 from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (cell weighting). The sampling error is ±3.0 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For detailed survey information, please refer to the Win-G Korea Consulting website or the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.

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