Presidential Office Responds to 24% Approval Rating: "We Will Heed the People's Will" (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] The Presidential Office on the 5th responded to the further decline in President Yoon Seok-yeol's approval rating by stating, "We will listen to the will of the people and, if there are any shortcomings, we will work to fill those gaps."

A Presidential Office official met with reporters at the Yongsan Presidential Office in the afternoon and said, "Public opinion polls, along with media reports, are important data and indicators to understand public sentiment." He added, "It has been less than three months since the Yoon Seok-yeol administration took office. The Presidential Office is committed to making the Republic of Korea a proper country where all citizens can live well together," emphasizing, "We earnestly ask for your support once again so that we can overcome the economic crisis and take a leap forward."

According to the regular public opinion poll released by Gallup, a polling agency, on the morning of the same day (a telephone interview survey of more than 1,001 people aged 18 and over nationwide from the 2nd to the 4th), 24% of respondents said President Yoon is performing his duties well, while 66% said he is performing poorly. Compared to last week's survey, the positive rating dropped by 4 percentage points, and the negative rating rose by 4 percentage points.

President Yoon's approval rating peaked at 53% in the second week of June and has been declining since. In particular, this poll showed that negative evaluations outnumbered positive ones in all age groups except those aged 70 and over. Only 26% of people in their 20s, 13% in their 30s, 10% in their 40s, 24% in their 50s, and 35% in their 60s said President Yoon is performing well. Among those in their 70s, 42% responded positively, surpassing the negative evaluation of 37%.

It is noteworthy that even conservative respondents, who were a core support base, showed more negative evaluations than positive ones. In the previous survey, President Yoon trailed in both moderate and progressive groups but recorded a positive rating of 51% among conservatives, ahead of the negative rating of 42%. However, in this survey, even among conservatives, the positive rating was 44%, trailing the negative rating of 48%.

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