President Moon Jae-in is drinking tea at the’Five Factors Invitation Meeting’ held at the Blue House on the morning of the 22nd. Blue House Photo Reporters
The public’s support rate was 33.6%, the highest level since the Moon Jae-in administration was launched, according to a public opinion poll. Regarding President Moon Jae-in’s administration of state affairs, the number of respondents who said they were’doing wrong’ was the most after taking office.
According to the results of a public opinion poll released on the 24th, Real Meter surveyed 1,505 people aged 18 and over nationwide for 23 days from the 21st to 23rd at the request of TBS, the approval rate of the people was 33.6%, up 2 percentage points from the previous week. In addition, the Democratic Party fell 0.6 percentage points to 30.0%. The gap between the power of the people and the Democratic Party’s approval rating (3.6 percentage points) is within the margin of error, but it has widened the most since the Moon Jae-in administration was launched in May 2017.
Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam (12.5 percentage points) were the regions with the highest public support ratings. By age, the rise in their 50s (9.8% points) and 40s (4.3% points) was large. On the other hand, the approval rating of the Democratic Party fell 8.1 percentage points in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam, and the approval rating of the 30s fell 8.5 percentage points.
In the case of Seoul, ahead of the by-election in April next year, 33.3% of the people’s strength and 28.7% of the Democratic Party were found. Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam were 43.6% of the people’s strength and 20.7% of the Democratic Party. Political critic Yoon Tae-gon, head of The Moa said, “The overall expectation of the people’s power has increased due to the Democratic Party’s mistake.” “The Seoul mayoral structure is structured around the oppositionists, and the popularity of the people will rise further in the future.”
President Moon’s approval rating (positive evaluation) was 37.4%, down 2.1 percentage points from the previous week. Infidelity evaluation rose 1.4 percentage points to 59.1%, the highest since taking office.
President Moon Jae-in’s government support trend. Graphic = Reporter Kim Young-ok [email protected]
In the survey by age, the decline in the 50s (9.4% points) and 30s (6.3% points) was large. In terms of regional approval ratings, Daegu and Gyeongbuk fell 7.9 percentage points to 24.7%, and Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam fell 3.9 percentage points to 30.8%, which showed a sharp decline in the Yeongnam region. The metropolitan area also fell 2.3 percentage points in Seoul, followed by 1.8 percentage points in Incheon and Gyeonggi.
Realmeter analyzed that “the controversy over the delay in securing the corona vaccine, the assault by the Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu, the past words and actions of the candidate Byeon Chang-heum of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and the controversy over the art support fund of Mr. Moon Jun-yong had an effect.
This survey was conducted in parallel with telephone interviews and automatic responses using wired and wireless RDD methods. The sample error is 95% confidence level and ±2.5% points, and the response rate is 4.7%. For more information, please refer to the website of the Central Election Survey Deliberation Committee.
Reporter Kim Hyo-seong [email protected]