President Yoon's approval rating slightly rises, maintaining the 30% range... Negative evaluation at 61%

60% Support Amendment to Grain Management Act, 48% Oppose Yoon's Veto

President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating slightly increased, maintaining the 30% range.

According to a survey conducted by Gallup Korea from the 4th to the 6th of last month targeting 1,000 adults nationwide aged 18 and over, 31% of respondents gave a positive evaluation of President Yoon's job performance, while 61% gave a negative evaluation. Compared to the previous survey (March 28-30), the positive rating, which had hit a low of 30% since last November, rose by 1 percentage point, and the negative rating also increased by 1 percentage point.

By age group, approval ratings were low among those in their 20s at 16% (negative evaluation 69%) and those in their 30s at 19% (negative evaluation 74%). Approval ratings were higher among those aged 70 and above at 56% (negative evaluation 34%) and those in their 60s at 47% (negative evaluation 47%).

The reasons for positive evaluations included diplomacy (8%), improvement in Japan relations (8%), labor union response (8%), national defense and security (6%), and economy and livelihood (6%). Reasons for negative evaluations included Japan relations and forced labor compensation issues (15%), economy, livelihood, and inflation (7%), unilateral and autocratic behavior (6%), and labor policies and working hours reform proposals (5%).

Regarding the Grain Management Act, on which President Yoon recently exercised his veto power, 60% responded that they support it for stabilizing rice prices and guaranteeing farmers' income, while 28% opposed it due to oversupply of rice and increased government financial burden. Twelve percent withheld their opinion. Regarding President Yoon's veto of the Grain Management Act, 48% responded that it was 'not good,' surpassing the 33% who responded that it was 'good.'

There were also changes in party approval ratings. The People Power Party dropped by 1 percentage point to 32%, while the Democratic Party remained the same at 33%. The non-affiliated group was 28%, and the Justice Party was 5%. Gallup Korea analyzed that "since the second week of March, mentions of Japan and diplomatic relations have ranked highest among both positive and negative reasons for presidential job evaluations."

Meanwhile, 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 95% mobile and 5% landline calls, and the response rate was 9.1%. For more details, refer to the website of the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission.

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