President Yoon Seok-yeol’s Approval Rating Falls to 35% in Recent Gallup Korea Poll

A survey result came out on the 2nd that the approval rating (positive evaluation) of President Yoon Seok-yeol for performing his duties fell by 1 percentage point for two consecutive weeks to record 35%. In the results of next year’s 22nd National Assembly elections, 49%, or nearly half, said ‘government check theory’ that many opposition candidates should be elected.

Gallup Korea, a polling agency, asked 1,002 adults across the country from the 30th of last month to the 1st of last month, and as a result, 35% of the answers that President Yoon was ‘doing well’ in performing his duties and 37% of the answers were ‘doing it wrong’. revealed on this day.

Compared to last week, positive reviews decreased by 1 percentage point, and negative reviews increased by 2 percentage points. President Yoon’s approval rating recorded the lowest this year in the second week of the survey (27%) in April, and has generally continued to rise, but has fallen for two consecutive weeks since the fourth week of the survey in May.

Most of the respondents cited “diplomacy” (40%) as a reason for positive evaluation. ‘Diplomacy’ (29%) also ranked first in terms of negative evaluation. Both positive and negative critics continue to cite diplomacy as the main reason.

The party currently supported recorded 35%, where the power of the people fell by 1 percentage point from the previous week, and the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 32%, up by 1 percentage point. 27% of non-party supporters and 5% of the Justice Party.

Gallup Korea said, “(Last March 8), the equal structure of the two major parties has continued since the People’s Power National Convention.” It is a movement within the margin of error that is not there,” he analyzed.

Regarding the results of next year’s general election, 49% of the respondents said, “Many opposition candidates must be elected to check the current government (government check theory).” 37% of the respondents said, ‘In order to support the current government, many candidates from the ruling party must be elected (government support theory)’. 13% reserved an opinion.

By age, government support was dominant among those in their 70s and older, and government checks were dominant among those in their 50s and younger. 49% of non-partisan people who do not currently support a political party wanted the opposition party to win, and only 22% of the ruling party won. 29% reserved a comment. Gallup Korea explained, “This week’s approval ratings for the two major parties are similar, but there is a considerable gap under the premise of the election.”

When asked who they would prefer as a future political leader (future president), 22% of the respondents chose Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party. The survey was conducted in a way that voters recorded and counted the people who answered themselves without suggesting candidate names.

It was followed by Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon (11%), Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo (5%), and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon (4%). People’s Power Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo and former Democratic Party representative Lee Nak-yeon accounted for 2% each, former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min, Gyeonggi Governor Kim Dong-yeon, former People’s Power representative Lee Jun-seok, and Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Tan-hee accounted for 1% each. 46% did not answer a specific person. Gallup Korea explained that Governor Kim was named again after a year, and Lee was included for the first time.

This survey was conducted through telephone interviews with samples randomly selected from the RDD sample frame for wireless phones (including 5% RDD for landline phones). The sampling error is ±3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level, and the response rate is 10.4%. For more information, see the website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.