"President Yoon's Approval Rating Falls to 20% Range... Next President: Lee Jae-myung 26% VS Han Dong-hoon 23%"

Korea Gallup Regular Opinion Poll Results... 29%
3 Consecutive Weeks of Decline... Below 30% for the First Time in 9 Months
Democratic Party Support Rate 35%, People Power Party Support Rate 34%

President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating for his administration has declined for three consecutive weeks, falling into the 20% range for the first time in nine months.

According to Gallup's regular survey conducted from the 30th of last month to the 1st of this month (a nationwide telephone interview survey of 1,000 adults aged 18 and over), 29% of respondents evaluated President Yoon's job performance positively, while 63% responded negatively. President Yoon's approval rating has shown a downward trend for three consecutive weeks, dropping from 33% in the second week of January.

Among those who evaluated positively (291 respondents, open-ended), the reasons for support included "diplomacy (18%)", "economy and livelihood (9%)", and "defense and security (7%)". Among those who evaluated negatively (629 respondents, open-ended), the reasons cited were "economy, livelihood, and prices (19%)", "lack of communication (11%)", and "authoritarian and unilateral (7%)".

This is the first time since the second week of April last year (positive evaluation 27%, negative evaluation 65%) that President Yoon's approval rating has fallen below 30% in Gallup's regular survey.

In party support, the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 35%, the same as last week. The People Power Party dropped by 2 percentage points to 34%. The Reform New Party and Lee Nak-yeon's new party each recorded 3%.

In the next-generation political leader survey asking about future presidential candidates, Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party, ranked first with 26%. Han Dong-hoon, emergency committee chairman of the People Power Party, came in second with 23%. Lee Nak-yeon, chair of the New Future Talent Recruitment Committee, and Lee Jun-seok, leader of the Reform New Party, each recorded 4%. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon and Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo each recorded 2%.

Meanwhile, regarding proportional representation for members of the National Assembly, 34% preferred a mixed-member proportional system, while 38% preferred a parallel voting system.

For detailed information such as the survey outline, please refer to the website of the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission.