President Moon's approval rating remains in the 30% range for 3 consecutive weeks... People Power Party 42.5% vs Democratic Party 28.5% [Realmeter]

President's Job Performance Rating Rises After 3 Weeks
Gap Between Two Major Parties at 14.0%

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] A public opinion poll revealed that President Moon Jae-in's approval rating for his state affairs management has remained in the 30% range for three consecutive weeks. However, it showed an upward trend after three weeks, marking a differentiated change from the previous pattern. The Democratic Party of Korea also saw its approval rating rise after three weeks, narrowing the gap with the People Power Party.

On the 15th, Realmeter, a professional polling agency, conducted a survey commissioned by YTN, reporting that President Moon's approval rating for state affairs management rose by 3.1 percentage points from the first week of November last week to 37.3%. The disapproval rating dropped by 4.0 percentage points to 58.9% during the same period. The percentage of respondents who answered "Don't know/No response" increased by 0.9 percentage points to 3.8%.

The gap between positive and negative evaluations was 21.6 percentage points, which is outside the margin of error.

By region, positive evaluations increased compared to the previous survey in Gwangju-Jeolla (up 10.5 percentage points to 67.1%), Daejeon-Sejong-Chungcheong (up 7.9 percentage points to 32.8%), and Seoul (up 3.6 percentage points to 34.1%). By age group, increases were seen among those in their 40s (up 7.9 percentage points to 53.3%), those aged 70 and above (up 5.3 percentage points to 29.5%), those in their 20s (up 5.2 percentage points to 28.1%), and those in their 30s (up 1.6 percentage points to 39.8%).

By party support, the Justice Party's support rose by 19.8 percentage points to 49.9%, and support among the non-affiliated group also increased by 2.9 percentage points to 33.8%.

Regarding party support, the People Power Party dropped by 3.5 percentage points to 42.5%, while the Democratic Party of Korea rose by 2.6 percentage points to 28.5% compared to the previous survey. The gap between the two parties' support remained outside the margin of error at 14.0 percentage points. Following were the People Party at 8.5%, Open Democratic Party at 5.7%, Justice Party at 3.3%, Basic Income Party at 1.0%, Transition Korea at 0.5%, other parties at 1.0%, and non-affiliated at 9.1%.

The People Power Party's support declined in Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam (down 4.4 percentage points to 46.4%), Incheon-Gyeonggi (down 4.2 percentage points to 39.3%), Gwangju-Jeolla (down 4.2 percentage points to 17.0%), and Seoul (down 3.7 percentage points to 45.0%). Meanwhile, the Democratic Party's support increased in Daejeon-Sejong-Chungcheong (up 7.2 percentage points to 26.8%), Gwangju-Jeolla (up 4.6 percentage points to 50.1%), Daegu-Gyeongbuk (up 4.6 percentage points to 18.0%), Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam (up 3.3 percentage points to 25.1%), and Seoul (up 2.2 percentage points to 25.2%).

By age group, respondents in their 40s mostly supported the Democratic Party, while other age groups predominantly supported the People Power Party. However, compared to the previous survey, support for the People Power Party decreased across all age groups except those in their 60s, while the Democratic Party's support increased in all age groups except those in their 50s and 20s.

Notably, among respondents in their 20s, support for both the People Power Party (down 1.2 percentage points to 49.6%) and the Democratic Party (down 3.8 percentage points to 14.3%) declined.

This weekly survey was conducted over five days from the 8th to the 12th, attempting to contact 47,739 voters aged 18 and above nationwide, with 2,522 completing the survey, resulting in a response rate of 5.3% (including two callbacks for non-response to improve response rate). The survey used a mixed method of 10% wireless telephone interviews, 80% wireless and 10% landline automated responses, 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 methodology and results, please refer to the Realmeter website or the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.

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