Yoon's Approval Rating at 36.3% for 2 Consecutive Weeks... Decline Among Conservatives and in Seoul

Realmeter December 3rd Week Poll
People Power Party up 2.3%p to 39.0%
Democratic Party down 3.1%p to 41.6%

A public opinion poll released on the 25th showed that President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating remained at 36.3% for two consecutive weeks.

According to the results of a survey conducted by Realmeter, a professional polling agency, commissioned by the Korea Energy Economics Institute from the 18th to the 22nd, targeting 2,508 people aged 18 and older nationwide (with a sampling error of ±2.0 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, 97% mobile and 3% landline automated response system (ARS), and a response rate of 2.9%), President Yoon's approval rating for his administration was recorded at 36.3%, the same as the previous survey, the agency announced on the day.

The negative evaluation of "poorly performing the administration" decreased by 0.4 percentage points to 60.8%. The "don't know" response increased by 0.4 percentage points to 2.9%.

By ideological inclination, approval rose among progressives (up 3.3 percentage points) and moderates (up 1.6 percentage points), but dropped significantly among conservatives (down 6.1 percentage points), who are considered the traditional support base.

By region, approval increased significantly in Gangwon (up 10.6 percentage points) and Daegu·Gyeongbuk (up 4.7 percentage points). It also rose in Jeju (up 2.7%), Busan·Ulsan·Gyeongnam (up 1.7 percentage points), and Daejeon·Sejong·Chungcheong (up 0.7 percentage points). However, it notably declined in Seoul (down 6.1 percentage points) and slightly decreased in Gwangju·Jeolla (down 0.2 percentage points).

By age group, approval increased among those in their 60s (up 3.1 percentage points), 50s (up 1.6 percentage points), and 30s (up 1.5 percentage points), while it decreased among those in their 40s (down 4.2 percentage points) and 20s (down 2.5 percentage points). By gender, approval dropped by 1.1 percentage points among men and rose by 1.1 percentage points among women.

According to a Realmeter survey conducted from the 21st to the 22nd targeting 1,003 people aged 18 and older nationwide (with a sampling error of ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, 97% mobile and 3% landline automated response system (ARS), and a response rate of 3.0%), the People Power Party rose by 2.3 percentage points to 39.0%, while the Democratic Party of Korea fell by 3.1 percentage points to 41.6% compared to the previous survey.

The People Power Party saw increases in Daejeon·Sejong·Chungcheong (up 6.0 percentage points), Seoul (up 4.9 percentage points), Daegu·Gyeongbuk (up 4.5 percentage points), Incheon·Gyeonggi (up 3.0 percentage points), among women (up 4.2 percentage points), those in their 60s (up 6.4 percentage points), 30s (up 5.9 percentage points), 20s (up 5.9 percentage points), 50s (up 3.4 percentage points), moderates (up 3.2 percentage points), and progressives (up 2.9 percentage points). However, it declined in Gwangju·Jeolla (down 2.5 percentage points), those in their 40s (down 2.7 percentage points), and those aged 70 and above (down 6.0 percentage points).

The Democratic Party of Korea saw decreases in Daegu·Gyeongbuk (down 8.9 percentage points), Daejeon·Sejong·Chungcheong (down 7.9 percentage points), Incheon·Gyeonggi (down 5.6 percentage points), Gwangju·Jeolla (down 5.6 percentage points), men (down 3.3 percentage points), women (down 3.1 percentage points), those in their 50s (down 6.2 percentage points), 20s (down 5.8 percentage points), 60s (down 5.3 percentage points), moderates (down 4.5 percentage points), and progressives (down 3.7 percentage points), while it rose in Busan·Ulsan·Gyeongnam (up 3.4 percentage points).

The Justice Party rose by 0.6 percentage points to 3.1%, while the Progressive Party fell by 0.6 percentage points to 0.9%. The proportion of those without party affiliation increased by 1.2 percentage points to 11.0%.

For more details, please refer to the website of the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission.

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