Moon Administration Approval Rating: Positive 44.7% · Negative 51.5%... Gap Outside Margin of Error [Realmeter]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] Negative evaluations of President Moon Jae-in's administration have surpassed positive evaluations beyond the margin of error. It appears that the incident involving the killing of a government official in the West Sea has had an impact.

According to Realmeter, which conducted a public opinion survey commissioned by YTN from the 21st to the 25th, the positive evaluation of President Moon's administration dropped by 1.4 percentage points from the previous week's aggregate to 44.7%, announced on the 28th. Negative evaluations rose by 1.4 percentage points to 51.5%. The gap between positive and negative evaluations is 6.8 percentage points, which is outside the margin of error.

By age group, positive evaluations fell moderately by 4.8 percentage points among those aged 70 and above, and also declined among those in their 40s (4.2 percentage points) and 60s (3.5 percentage points↓).

Regionally, the decline was notable in Daegu and Gyeongbuk (4.7 percentage points↓), and by occupation, decreases were seen among homemakers (4.2 percentage points↓) and labor workers (3.6 percentage points↓).

The incident involving the killing of a government official in the West Sea and related issues such as North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un's apology (on the 25th) appear to have been partially reflected.

Regarding party support, the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 34.1%, down 1.1 percentage points from the previous week, and the People Power Party recorded 28.9%, down 0.4 percentage points.

The Open Democratic Party rose by 0.3 percentage points to 6.2%, the People's Party fell by 0.4 percentage points to 5.8%, and the Justice Party remained unchanged at 5.3%. Additionally, the Transition Korea party rose by 0.4 percentage points to 1.2%, and the Basic Income Party fell by 0.1 percentage points to 1.0%.

This survey contacted 53,354 voters aged 18 and over nationwide, with a final 2,511 respondents completing the survey, resulting in a response rate of 4.7%. The sampling error is ±2.0 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For more details, refer to the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.