NBS "Yoon and Ruling Party Approval Slightly Rebound... Opposition Support Remains in Low 20%"

President Yoon's Approval Rating Rises 1% to 35%
People Power Party's Support Up 2% to 32%
Democratic Party Remains at 23% as Two Weeks Ago

President Yoon Suk-yeol and the People Power Party's approval ratings showed a rebound trend. The Democratic Party's approval rating, which had fallen to the low 20% range, showed little change compared to the survey conducted two weeks ago.

According to the National Barometer Survey (NBS) released on the 3rd by Embrain Public, K-stat Research, Korea Research, and Hankook Research (conducted from July 31 to August 2, targeting 1,001 men and women aged 18 and over nationwide, using virtual mobile phone numbers for telephone interviews), the positive evaluation of President Yoon's job performance rose by 1 percentage point from the previous survey (two weeks ago) to 35%. Negative evaluations remained unchanged at 54%. Those who responded with "Don't know" or "No answer" accounted for 11%.

President Yoon's approval rating recorded 38% in the first week of July but dropped to 34% in the third week of July, and has rebounded this time.

The response that "trusts" President Yoon's state administration increased by 1 percentage point to 39% compared to two weeks ago, while those who "do not trust" decreased by 1 percentage point to 56%.

Party support showed the People Power Party rising 2 percentage points from the previous survey to 32%, while the Democratic Party remained unchanged at 23%. The People Power Party's approval rating fell from 34% in the first week of July to 30% in the third week of July, and has rebounded this time. In the case of the Democratic Party, it was 28% in the first week of July, dropped to 23% in the third week of July, and has since maintained that level.

Although there were changes in the support trends between parties, public opinion for next year's general election was evenly split. The opinion that the government ruling party should be supported in next year's general election was 43%, while the opinion that the government ruling party should be checked was 42%. In the survey two weeks ago, support for the government ruling party was 42%, and checks on the government ruling party were 43%.

Regarding the recent issue of infringement on teachers' authority, 52% agreed with the claim that the Student Human Rights Ordinance, identified as one of the causes, should be revised, while 34% disagreed.

For more detailed information, please refer to the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.

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