2024-04-22 17:52:39
The results of a public opinion poll were released on the 22nd showing that the approval rating for President Yoon Seok-yeol’s performance of state affairs has reached its lowest point in 1 year and 7 months. In addition, it is predicted that the leadership meeting between President Yoon and Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung will determine the future direction of approval ratings.
According to the results of an evaluation of President Yoon’s state administration performance among 2,509 voters over the age of 18 across the country from the 15th to the 19th by Realmeter, a public opinion polling company, at the request of the Energy Economy Newspaper, 32.3% gave a positive evaluation and 64.3% gave a negative evaluation. recorded.
The positive evaluation of President Yoon’s performance in state affairs fell 0.3 percentage points (p) from 32.6% last week and remained in the low 30% range. It was the lowest in 1 year and 7 months since the first week of October 2022 (32%).
Positive evaluations increased in Honam (4.6%p), those in their 50s (2.6%p), 30s (3.9%p), and progressives (3.5%p), while negative evaluations increased in Daegu, Gyeongbuk (11.9%p), Daejeon, Sejong, and Gyeongbuk. It rose in Chungcheong (3.3%p), those in their 60s (3.1%p), those in their 20s (4.7%p), and the conservative class (4.7%p).
In the political party support map conducted by the same company on 1,002 voters over the age of 18 across the country over two days from the 18th to the 19th, the People Power Party was 35.8%, the Democratic Party 35%, the Fatherland Innovation Party 14.4%, the New Reform Party 4.8%, and the New Future 2.2%. , followed by the Progressive Party at 1%.
Compared to the previous week, the People Power Party rose by 2.2% points and the Democratic Party fell by 2% points, narrowing the gap between the two major parties from 3.4 percentage points to 0.8 percentage points. In the case of the People Power Party, it has surpassed the Democratic Party for the first time in about two months since the 5th week of February (National Power Party 46.7%, Democratic Party 39.1%).
Realmeter used the meeting between President Yoon and Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung as a barometer that will determine the direction of the approval rating in the future.
Regarding the president’s approval rating, a Realmeter official said, “Attention is being paid to what variables the presidential meeting will form in a situation where there are successive factors threatening the approval rating, such as the opposition’s legislative offensive, such as a special prosecutor, a prolonged medical vacuum, and concerns about high interest rates, high exchange rates, and high oil prices.” .
In addition, regarding political party support, he predicted, “Whether the subtle partnership in state affairs between the two will actually be realized, and whether they will find common ground on issues where they differed, such as increasing the number of medical schools and people’s livelihood, will be variables worth noting.”
Meanwhile, this survey was conducted using a wireless (97%) and wired (3%) automated response telephone (ARS) survey. The response rates for the political party approval survey and the presidential performance evaluation survey were 3% and 3.1%, respectively, and the sampling errors were ±2%p and ±3.1%p, respectively, at the 95% confidence level. For more information, please refer to the National Election Opinion Survey Deliberation Committee website.
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2024-04-22 17:52:39