[AKY News Poll] President Moon's Positive Ratings 'Rise'... Women Rate Higher Than Negative Evaluations

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] Positive public opinion ratings for President Moon Jae-in have risen, narrowing the gap with negative ratings to within the margin of error.

According to a public opinion survey conducted by Win-Gi Korea Consulting on behalf of Asia Economy from the 10th to the 11th, the positive evaluation of President Moon's state affairs management was 46.0% (generally doing well 15.1%, doing very well 30.8%), while the negative evaluation was 51.9% (generally doing poorly 13.7%, doing very poorly 38.2%).

This marks a 4 percentage point increase in positive ratings compared to the same survey conducted on the 26th and 27th of last month. The gap with negative ratings is 5.9 percentage points, with a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points. President Moon's positive rating remained around 36% in April when the by-elections were held, but recovered to the 40% range starting in May, showing a noticeable upward trend in this survey.

The official start of the Democratic Party's presidential primary race and controversies over the verification of Yoon Seok-youl, the leading conservative opposition candidate and former Prosecutor General, appear to have consolidated the ruling party's support base. Notably, although the number of new COVID-19 cases surged to the 1,000s from the 6th, raising questions about government responsibility, this did not translate into a decline in President Moon's approval ratings.

Among female respondents, positive evaluations were higher at 51.0% compared to negative evaluations at 46.7%. Conversely, among males, positive evaluations were 40.9% and negative evaluations were 57.1%, showing about a 10 percentage point difference by gender.

By age group, the 40s showed the highest positive evaluation at 66.3%, followed by the 30s (54.8%), 50s (49.4%), 18-29 (36.6%), 70 and older (32.3%), and 60s (30.3%).

By region, the ratings were as follows: Gwangju and Jeolla (63.6%), Gangwon and Jeju (54.7%), Gyeonggi and Incheon (47.8%), Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam (46.6%), Daejeon, Sejong, and Chungcheong (43.4%), Seoul (42.9%), and Daegu and Gyeongbuk (26.4%).

This survey was conducted nationwide among voters aged 18 and older by Asia Economy through Win-Gi Korea Consulting on the 10th and 11th, with 1,011 respondents and an overall response rate of 7.5%. The survey method was 100% mobile phone virtual numbers via wireless ARS, and the sample was extracted with 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 ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For detailed survey information, please refer to the Win-Gi Korea Consulting website or the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.

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