President Yoon Enters 'Dead Cross' in Gallup Poll...Negative Rating 49% > Positive Rating 37%

Approval Rating Falls Below 40% for the First Time Since Inauguration
Signs of Support Erosion Among Elderly and Conservative Groups

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] The evaluation that President Yoon Seok-yeol is performing his duties well has decreased, while the evaluation that he is performing poorly has increased. Even his core support base showed signs of wavering.

According to a public opinion poll released on the 8th by Gallup (a telephone interview survey conducted from the 5th to the 7th targeting 1,000 adults aged 18 and over nationwide), 37% responded that President Yoon is performing his duties well, while 49% responded that he is performing poorly. This is the first time in Gallup's regular polls that the negative evaluation of President Yoon's job performance has surpassed the positive evaluation. In political circles, the phenomenon where negative evaluations surpass positive ones is called a "death cross."

Compared to last week's survey, the positive evaluation of President Yoon's job performance dropped by 6 percentage points, while the negative evaluation rose by 7 percentage points. President Yoon's Gallup approval rating once reached 53% in early June according to Gallup's regular surveys, but it has been declining for four consecutive weeks recently. Gallup pointed out, "Until last week, changes were mainly seen among the moderate and undecided groups, but this time, a common trend of declining positive rates and rising negative rates appeared across most respondent characteristics, including the elderly who were favorable to President Yoon, supporters of the People Power Party, and conservatives."

Those who gave a positive evaluation of President Yoon's job performance cited reasons such as "diplomacy," "overcoming the previous administration," and "communication" (each 6%), as well as "decisiveness, drive, perseverance," "principles and conviction," and "overall good performance" (each 5%). Respondents who gave a negative evaluation mentioned reasons such as "personnel management" (25%), "neglecting the economy and people's livelihood" (12%), "lack of experience, qualifications, incompetence" (8%), "diplomacy," "autocratic and unilateral" (both 6%), "lack of communication" (5%), "overall poor performance" (4%), "job attitude," "careless remarks," and "poor fulfillment of campaign promises" (all 3%).

For more details, please refer to the website of the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission.

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