People Power Party Hits Record High '46.0%' vs Current Government's Lowest Democratic Party '25.9%' [Realmeter]

Realmeter Survey on the 8th
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[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] A public opinion poll showed that the support rate for the People Power Party has reached its highest point since its launch. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party recorded its lowest support rate since the current government took office, widening the gap between the two parties' support rates by more than 20 percentage points.

On the 8th, Realmeter conducted a party support survey on 2,525 voters aged 18 and over nationwide from the 1st to the 5th at the request of YTN. The People Power Party rose by 3.4 percentage points from the previous survey to 46.0%, surpassing its previous high of 42.6% in the fourth week of October and marking its highest level since its launch. The Democratic Party fell by 4.0 percentage points during the same period to 25.9%, recording its lowest level since the current government took office. The gap between the two parties was 20.1 percentage points, the largest since the People Power Party's launch.

The People Power Party saw increases in Seoul (up 8.2%P), the Chungcheong region (up 6.6%P), and the Honam region (up 5.9%P); among women (up 4.8%P) and men (up 2.0%P); in their 20s (up 5.2%P), 40s (up 4.4%P), and 60s (up 3.7%P); among progressives (up 3.9%P), moderates (up 2.9%P), and conservatives (up 2.6%P); and among students (up 9.8%P), homemakers (up 4.8%P), and office workers (up 3.4%P).

The Democratic Party declined in the Honam region (down 7.2%P), Chungcheong region (down 6.7%P), and Seoul (down 6.2%P); among men (down 4.9%P) and women (down 3.2%P); in their 30s (down 7.3%P), 70s and older (down 6.5%P), and 40s (down 5.2%P); among progressives (down 4.2%P) and moderates (down 4.1%P); and among labor workers (down 12.9%P), the unemployed (down 5.4%P), office workers (down 3.1%P), and homemakers (down 2.5%P).

Other party support rates were as follows: People’s Party 8.2% (up 1.2%P), Open Democratic Party 5.2% (down 0.4%P), Justice Party 3.6% (no change), Basic Income Party 0.7% (up 0.1%P), Transition Korea 0.7% (up 0.3%P), other parties 1.1% (no change), and non-affiliated voters 8.5% (down 0.7%P).

President Moon Jae-in’s approval rating for his administration fell to the mid-30% range. The 'positive evaluation' of President Moon’s performance dropped by 4.5 percentage points from the previous survey to 34.2%, marking the lowest since the fourth week of April (33.0%). Meanwhile, the 'negative evaluation' rose by 5.3 percentage points to 62.9%, returning to the 60% range since the third week of May. The gap between positive and negative evaluations was 28.7 percentage points, the largest since the fourth week of April (positive 33.0%, negative 62.6%, gap 29.6 percentage points).

The response rate for this survey was 5.5%, conducted using a mixed method of wireless telephone interviews (10%), automated responses via wireless (80%) and landline (10%), and random dialing through a sampling frame combining 90% wireless and 10% landline phones. The sampling error margin is ±2.0 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.

For detailed survey outlines and results, please refer to the Realmeter website or the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.

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