Gallup "President Yoon's Approval Rating Drops 1%p to the 20% Range Again"

President Yoon's approval rating drops 1% to 29%
Party support: Democratic Party 34%, People Power Party 32%

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] A poll released on the 18th showed that President Yoon Seok-yeol's approval rating for his administration's performance slightly declined, falling back into the 20% range.

According to a survey conducted by Gallup Korea from the 15th to the 17th, targeting 1,002 adults nationwide, 29% of respondents gave a positive evaluation that President Yoon is "doing well" in his administration, while 61% gave a negative evaluation that he is "doing poorly."

Both positive and negative evaluations decreased by 1 percentage point compared to last week's survey.

The reasons cited for negative evaluations included "diplomacy," "overall poor performance," and "lack of experience, qualifications, incompetence" (all 9%), "neglecting the economy and people's livelihood," and "inadequate response to the Itaewon disaster" (both 8%), "personnel matters," "lack of communication," and "arbitrary and unilateral" (all 6%), as well as "media suppression," "excluding MBC reporters from the president's exclusive plane," "unfairness," and "lack of unity and cooperation" (all 3%).

The reasons for positive evaluations were "diplomacy" (12%), "overall good performance" (10%), "hardworking and doing one's best," and "national defense and security" (both 9%), followed by "fairness, justice, principles," and "subjectivity and conviction" (both 5%).

Party support stood at 34% for the Democratic Party of Korea and 32% for the People Power Party, unchanged from the previous survey.

The margin of error for this survey is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.

The survey was conducted via telephone interviews, with 90% on mobile phones and 10% on landlines, and the response rate was 9.8%. For more details, please refer to the website of the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission.

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