In the Nationwide Metropolitan Leaders Evaluation, Mayor Park Hyung-jun Quickly Rises to 3rd Place... Song Cheol-ho Ranks Last for Two Consecutive Months

Approval ratings of provincial governors' job performance in May 2021.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Ju Cheol-in] Park Hyung-jun, the mayor of Busan, has rapidly risen to the top ranks by receiving consecutive positive evaluations in the assessment of the heads of 17 metropolitan local governments nationwide.

According to Realmeter on the 17th, in the 'May 2021 Provincial Governors' Job Performance Approval Ratings,' Mayor Park Hyung-jun recorded a positive rating of 51.0%, ranking 3rd.

Mayor Park, who received 51.9% in the first survey conducted immediately after his inauguration in April, quickly rose to 4th place and continued his upward trend by moving up one more rank in this survey.

This figure is higher than the average of 45.5%. The highest positive rating was achieved by Lee Jae-myung, governor of Gyeonggi Province, at 62.9%, the only one to surpass 60%.

Song Cheol-ho, mayor of Ulsan, recorded 28.1%, below the average, ranking last among the 17 provincial governors, remaining at the bottom for two consecutive months.

During the tenure of former Busan mayor Oh Keo-don, he and Mayor Song could not escape the lower ranks, but Mayor Park has maintained a top position since his first month in office in April.

In terms of residents' satisfaction with living conditions, Busan ranked 5th with 59.7%, while Ulsan was again at the bottom with 43.9%.

This survey was conducted over April (23rd to 30th) and May (24th to 31st), targeting 8,500 adult men and women aged 18 and over nationwide. The response rate was 5.2%, and the sampling error was ±0.8 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For more details, please refer to the website of the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission.

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