Realmeter "President Yoon's Approval Rating Recovers to 40% After 5 Months... Rises 2.7%p to 41.1%"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating for his administration has recovered to 40%. President Yoon, who had shown a gradual upward trend recently, surpassed the 40% mark for the first time in five months.

According to the regular public opinion poll conducted by Realmeter on the 19th (commissioned by Media Tribune and conducted from the 12th to the 16th nationwide among 2,509 adults aged 18 and over using an ARS automated response method), President Yoon's approval rating rose by 2.7% from the previous week's survey to 41.1%. This is the first time in 24 weeks since the fifth week of June, when it reached 44.4%, that the rating has exceeded 40%.

The negative evaluation that the government is performing poorly dropped by 2.0 percentage points from the previous week's survey to 56.8%.

Looking at President Yoon's approval rating by region, it increased by 8.1 percentage points in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam (42.2% → 50.3%), by 7.1 percentage points in Daejeon, Sejong, and Chungcheong (34.5% → 41.6%), and by 6.7 percentage points in Daegu and Gyeongbuk (50.1% → 56.8%).

By age group, it rose by 9.5 percentage points among those in their 20s (28.0% → 37.5%), by 7.0 percentage points among those in their 70s (54.9% → 61.9%), and by 6.5 percentage points among those in their 40s (24.3% → 30.8%).

In terms of party support, the Democratic Party of Korea's approval rating fell by 1.5 percentage points from the previous week to 43.7%, while the People Power Party's rating rose by 2.7 percentage points to 41.4%.

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

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