Democratic Party approval ratings, key supporters declined
Warning lights for Seoul and Busan by-election four months ahead
On the 3rd, it was shown that the people’s power outperformed the Democratic Party within the margin of error in the party support survey. News 1
In addition, the approval rating of the Democratic Party and the people’s strength reversed on the 28th. As a result of a survey of 2,008 people aged 18 and over nationwide from the 21st to the 24th at the request of YTN by Real Meter, the support for the people’s strength was 33.8%, a 2.2 percentage point increase from last week, and the Democratic Party fell 1.3% point to 29.3%. It is the first time that the Moon Jae-in administration has surpassed the Democratic Party in the approval rating of the people.
The Democratic Party’s approval rating based on the Real Meter’s weekly count is the lowest since resuming power. Last year, when the shock wave of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s situation peaked, and in August this year, when public sentiment for real estate policy was at its worst, the approval rate plummeted, but soon recovered again. However, a feeling of crisis that’this decline is not serious’ wraps around the passport.
The overtaking of the opposition party’s approval rating is largely due to the recent hitting of the government and ruling parties simultaneously by several bad news. Real Meter said, “Controversy over delayed vaccine against Corona 19 (new coronavirus infection), assault of taxi driver Yong-gu Yong-gu, Vice Minister of Justice, controversy over the past words and actions of candidate Byeon Chang-heum of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, controversy over the art support fund of President Moon’s son Jun-yong, and the ruling on the first trial of Professor Jeong Gyeong-sim, etc. The successive bad news of the passport would have affected it.”
However, the situation is not simple considering that the 40% level of President Moon’s support, which was called’concrete,’ has seldom recovered. Particularly, the fact that the support rate of the core support layer is missing supports the observation that it is difficult to view as a temporary phenomenon. President Moon’s approval rating (positive evaluation) for the performance of state administration fell 4.3 percentage points from the previous week among the Democratic Party supporters. Even in their 40s and women, they fell 3.3 percentage points and 4.0 percentage points. Park Seong-min, CEO of Political Consulting Min, said, “The issue of former Minister Cho, which caused the issue of fairness, concluded with his wife, Professor Kyung-Shim Chung, who was arrested for four years. It will not be easy to restore trust because it has been completely defeated.”
The problem is that the Democratic Party’s inferiority will rise in Seoul and Busan, where the by-elections will be held four months later. The Democratic Party’s approval rating for Seoul was 29.3%, and Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam were 21.3%, respectively, falling behind the people’s strength, which recorded 34.1% and 43.1%. As prosecutor general Yoon Seok-yeol’s return to the election after the completion of various reform legislation such as the prosecution reform this year has been twisted with the return of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, the Democratic Party’s step in the pursuit has become more urgent.
Nevertheless, compared to the decline in President Moon’s support rate, the Democratic Party’s approval rating is still defensive, and some observations are mixed with expectations that the atmosphere can be transformed by human renewal. An official from the Democratic Party said, “If the reshuffle brings a greater impact than expected, and if people who were not mentioned in the by-election come out and inspire vitality, there is a possibility.”
※ For detailed information on the results of the public opinion poll, refer to the website of the Central Election Poll Review Committee (www.nec.go.kr).
Seohee Lee reporter [email protected]
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