Gallup: "President Yoon's Approval Rating Stops Declining After 6 Weeks at 32%... Negative Evaluation Rises 7%p to 60%"

Supporter Attrition Phenomenon After July

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Although President Yoon Seok-yeol's approval rating for his administration has stopped declining, negative evaluations have risen sharply. While the previous decline was mainly among moderates and independents, it is now analyzed that even his support base is wavering.

According to the regular public opinion poll released on the 22nd by Gallup, 32% of respondents said President Yoon is performing well in his duties, while 60% said he is performing poorly. The positive evaluation of President Yoon's administration remained the same as last week (32%), marking the end of a six-week decline. However, the negative evaluation increased by 7 percentage points compared to last week's survey (53%).

In the case of former President Park Geun-hye, a 60% negative evaluation in Gallup's regular polls was recorded in January 2015, the mid-term of her presidency, and for former President Moon Jae-in, it was in April last year, the latter part of his term.

Gallup commented, "Until three weeks ago, changes were mainly seen among moderates and independents, but since July, a common trend of declining positive ratings and rising negative ratings has 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 positive evaluations of his job performance cited reasons such as ‘communication’, ‘principles and conviction’ (both 7%), ‘decisiveness, drive, and perseverance’, ‘overcoming the previous administration’ (both 6%), ‘fairness, justice, and principles’, ‘hardworking and doing their best’ (both 5%), ‘national defense and security’ (4%), and ‘economy and livelihood’, ‘trustworthiness and responsibility’, ‘honesty and sincerity without lies’, ‘change and reform’ (all 3%).

Those who gave negative evaluations mentioned reasons such as ‘personnel management’ (24%), ‘not caring about economy and livelihood’ (10%), ‘lack of experience, qualifications, and incompetence’ (8%), ‘autocratic and one-sided’, ‘lack of communication’, ‘job attitude’ (all 5%), ‘lack of policy vision’ (4%), ‘conflicts with the previous government and blaming the previous government’, and ‘poor fulfillment of campaign promises’ (both 3%).

This public opinion poll was conducted from the 19th to the 21st through telephone interviews with more than 1,000 people nationwide aged 18 and over. The sampling error of this poll is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For detailed survey outlines and results, please refer to the website of the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission.

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