President positive 38%, negative 55%
Democratic Party 35%, People’s Power 22%
6% of the National Party’s all-time high
President Moon Jae-in is greeting at the ‘2021 New Year’s Greetings’ held by video at the main building of the Blue House on the 7th. yunhap news
The negative evaluation of President Moon Jae-in’s performance of state administration reached a record high of 55%. The positive evaluation also recorded a record low, following last month. On the 8th, Gallup Korea announced on the 8th that as a result of a survey on the performance of presidential duties (confidence level of 95%, sample error ±3.1% points) on 1001 adults aged 18 years and over nationwide, the positive evaluation was 38%. . This is the same as the lowest after taking office in the second week of December. The negative evaluation was 55%, up 3 percentage points from the previous survey, three weeks ago, which was the highest after taking office. Among all age groups, negative evaluation was higher than positive, and only in the 40s, positive evaluation (55%) was higher than negative evaluation (39%). By political orientation, the positive evaluation was 67% for the progressive, 33% for the middle class, and 15% for the conservative class. The Gallup Korea side interpreted it as “the current view of the middle class toward the president is closer to the conservative class than to the progressive class.” As for the reason for the unfair evaluation of job performance, real estate problems (22%) still ranked first since Chuseok last year. ‘Insufficient coping with Corona 19′ (16%),’Lack of solving economic and public welfare problems’ (9%),’Overall insufficient’ (8%),’Human Resources’ (7%),’dogmatic, one-sided, and partial ‘,’Prosecution pressure and prosecution reform promotion issues’ (above 4%) were followed. The questions (multiple answers) that the President should first solve in the new year include’Corona 19 Prevention’ (40%),’Real Estate Problem Solving’ (30%),’Economic Revitalization’ (25%), and ‘ Jobs and employment creation’,’public welfare stability’ (more than 7%),’prosecution and judicial reform’,’integration, cooperation, harmony’, and’secure of Corona 19 vaccine’ (more than 6%) were cited. Party support was the highest with 35% for the Democratic Party, followed by 28% for the shaman, 22% for the people’s strength, 6% for the Justice Party and the People’s Party, and 3% for the Open Democratic Party. The shaman class fell by 3 percentage points from the previous survey, and the support of the Democratic Party and the people’s strength increased by 1 percentage point. The approval rating of the People’s Party was 6%, up 2 percentage points from the previous survey, the highest since its inception in February last year. The survey was conducted in the form of an interview with a telephone investigator, and the response rate was 15%. Details can be found at Gallup Korea or the website of the Central Election Polls Review Committee. By Jang Na-rae, staff reporter [email protected]