NBS "Yoon Seok-yeol Government's National Performance Expectations Drop 4%p to 50%"

22% Improved Perception of President-Elect Yoon, 25% Worsened
65% Oppose Completion of Prosecution Reform Legislation Within April

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Expectations for President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol's next government’s performance have declined to 50%. The public opinion that he will perform poorly stood at 43%.

According to the National Barometer Survey (NBS) conducted by Embrain Public, K-Stat Research, Korea Research, and Hankook Research from the 18th to the 20th of last month, surveying 1,007 men and women nationwide aged 18 and older, 54% responded that President-elect Yoon’s next government would perform well (11% very well, 39% well). Meanwhile, 43% responded that it would perform poorly (18% very poorly, 25% poorly).

Compared to the second week of April, the opinion that the government will perform well dropped by 4 percentage points, while the opinion that it will perform poorly increased by 3 percentage points.

When asked whether perceptions of President-elect Yoon had changed, 22% said they had improved, 50% said there was no change, and 25% said they had worsened. The response that perceptions had improved decreased by 7 percentage points compared to the previous survey, while those who said perceptions had worsened increased by 5 percentage points. The opinion that there was no change rose by 1 percentage point.

Regarding the nature of the upcoming June local elections, 50% of respondents said that support should be given to the new government for stable governance, while 41% said the Democratic Party should be empowered to check the new government. Support for government stability fell by 2 percentage points, whereas the opinion favoring checks increased by 2 percentage points.

Regarding the handling of prosecutorial investigation authority in the April extraordinary session of the National Assembly, 65% said there is no need to rush, surpassing the 27% who said the bill needs to be passed within April.

The margin of error for this survey is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For more details, please refer to the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission website.

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