Conservative Base Also Turns Away from President Yoon's Approval Rating... Gallup Reports "Positive 24%, Negative 66%"

People Power Party Trails Democratic Party in Approval Ratings for the First Time Since Yoon Seok-yeol Government Inauguration
Negative Ratings High Across All Age Groups Except 70 and Above
Even Conservative Respondents Show Higher Negative Ratings

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating for his administration is plummeting without finding a bottom. The ruling party's approval rating has also declined, and for the first time since the new government took office, the Democratic Party's approval rating has surpassed that of the People Power Party.

According to a regular public opinion poll released on the 5th by Gallup (a telephone interviewer survey conducted nationwide from the 2nd to the 4th with more than 1,001 respondents aged 18 and older), 24% of respondents said President Yoon is performing well in his duties, while 66% said he is performing poorly. Compared to last week's survey, the positive rating dropped by 4 percentage points, and the negative rating rose by 4 percentage points.

President Yoon's approval rating peaked at 53% in the second week of June and has been declining since.

In particular, this survey showed that negative evaluations outnumbered positive ones in all age groups except those aged 70 and above. Only 26% of people in their 20s, 13% in their 30s, 10% in their 40s, 24% in their 50s, and 35% in their 60s said President Yoon is performing well. Among those in their 70s, 42% responded positively, surpassing the negative evaluation of 37%.

This survey also drew attention as even conservative respondents, who were core supporters of President Yoon, showed more negative than positive evaluations. In the previous survey, although President Yoon trailed in the moderate and progressive groups, he recorded a positive rating of 51% among conservatives, ahead of the negative rating of 42%. However, in this survey, even among conservatives, the positive rating dropped to 44%, falling behind the negative rating of 48%.

Those who evaluated his job performance positively cited reasons such as "works hard/does his best" (6%), "overcoming the previous administration," "economy and livelihood," and "principles and conviction" (5%). However, "fairness, justice, and principles," which was the biggest reason for support until last week, fell to 3%. Those who evaluated him negatively mentioned reasons such as "personnel appointments" (23%), "lack of experience, qualifications, incompetence" (10%), "arbitrary and unilateral" (8%), "lack of communication" (7%), "generally poor performance" (6%), "promotion of elementary school admission at age 5," and "neglecting economy and livelihood" (both 5%).

The People Power Party's approval rating also declined in tandem. The party's approval rating dropped by 2 percentage points compared to the previous survey, recording 34%. During the same period, the Democratic Party's approval rating rose by 3 percentage points to 39%. As a result, the People Power Party's approval rating, which had consistently led since the launch of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, fell behind the Democratic Party for the first time.

For detailed survey methodology and results related to the public opinion poll, please refer to the website of the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission.