Governor Kim Dong-yeon 'Doing Well' 58%... Positive Ratings Highest Among 40s

Kim Dong-yeon, Governor of Gyeonggi Province

Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon received a 58% positive rating in a nationwide evaluation of metropolitan and provincial governors conducted by a domestic polling agency. Notably, Governor Kim had the lowest negative rating among all city and provincial governors nationwide and received consistently favorable evaluations regardless of age group or political orientation.

According to the results of the "2023 Second Half Metropolitan and Provincial Governors Job Performance Evaluation" announced on the 5th by Gallup Korea, which surveyed 21,030 voters nationwide from July to December last year about their local city or provincial governor's job performance, Governor Kim received a 58% "doing well" response. This figure is 7 percentage points higher than the national average positive rating of 51% for 16 city and provincial governors (Sejong City was excluded due to insufficient respondents).

In contrast, 17% of respondents said Governor Kim was "doing poorly," while 5% answered "neither," and 19% responded with "don't know/refused to answer."

In particular, Governor Kim's negative rating of 17% was the lowest among the 16 city and provincial governors.

By gender, 61% of men and 56% of women responded that he was "doing well." By age group, those in their 40s gave the highest positive rating at 65%, followed by 50s at 62%, 18-29 at 60%, 60s at 56%, 70 and above at 53%, and 30s at 51%.

By political orientation, 52% of respondents who identified as conservative rated him as "doing well." Moderates and progressives rated him at 59% and 72%, respectively.

Gallup Korea analyzed that the differences by age group or political orientation were not significant, indicating that Governor Kim is receiving broad approval.

The survey was conducted using the Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) method, and for Gyeonggi Province, the confidence level is 95% with a sampling error of ±1.3 percentage points.

Meanwhile, Governor Kim Dong-yeon was the only metropolitan and provincial governor nationwide to exceed 100 points with a support expansion index of 125.5 in an evaluation released last month by the polling agency Realmeter.

The support expansion index indicates the change in current support compared to the election vote share; a score above 100 means the support base has grown since the beginning of the term, while below 100 means it has shrunk. Governor Kim has maintained the number one position in the support expansion index for 16 consecutive months since taking office.

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