Gallup "President Yoon's Approval Rating Recovers to 30% After 2 Months... Support Consolidates Among People Power Party and Those Aged 70 and Above"

Positive rating 33%, negative rating 59%
Support rate rises to 30% range for the first time since the third week of July

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] President Yoon Seok-yeol's approval rating has recovered to the 30% range after Chuseok. It is analyzed that the consolidation of the core support base has driven the increase in approval ratings.

According to Gallup's regular public opinion poll released on the 16th (conducted from September 13 to 15 via telephone interviews with 1,000 adults aged 18 and over nationwide), 33% responded that President Yoon is performing his duties well, while 59% responded that he is performing poorly. Compared to the previous survey on the same question (conducted from August 30 to September 1), positive evaluations increased by 6 percentage points, and negative evaluations decreased by 4 percentage points.

In Gallup's regular survey, it is the first time since the third week of July that positive evaluations of President Yoon exceeded 30% and negative evaluations fell below 60%.

Gallup explained, "The response that the president is currently 'doing well' was highest among People Power Party supporters and those aged 70 and over," adding, "Compared to the first week of September before Chuseok, changes among these groups were significant." In fact, among People Power Party supporters, positive evaluations rose from 58% in the previous survey to 67% in this survey, and among those aged 70 and over, from 51% to 62%.

When asked the reasons for positively evaluating President Yoon's job performance, respondents answered in order: 'Works hard / does his best' (8%), 'Economy / livelihood', 'Overall good performance' (both 7%), 'Diplomacy', 'Communication' (both 6%), 'National defense / security' (5%), 'Overcoming previous administration', and 'Policies for ordinary people / welfare' (both 4%).

Those who evaluated negatively cited reasons such as 'Personnel appointments' (22%), 'Lack of experience / qualifications / incompetence', 'Neglecting economy / livelihood' (both 8%), 'Autocratic / unilateral', 'Poor communication', 'Overall poor performance' (all 5%), 'Internal conflicts within the ruling party', 'Job attitude' (both 4%), 'First Lady Kim Geon-hee's actions', 'Poor fulfillment of campaign promises', and 'Relocation of the presidential office' (all 3%).

For detailed survey outlines and results related to the public opinion poll, please refer to the website of the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission.

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