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President Yoon Seok-yeol’s Approval Rating Hits Record Low – Public Opinion Poll Results

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A public opinion poll showed that President Yoon Seok-yeol’s approval rating for state administration is 24%.

This is the lowest approval rating for any president since democratization on their second anniversary of taking office.

Regarding the investigation into Chae Sang-byeong’s death in the line of duty, more than half of the opinion was that “a special proceeding is necessary even though the Corruption Investigation Bureau’s investigation is ongoing.”

This was reported by journalist Ji-in Kim.

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According to an opinion poll conducted by Gallup Korea from 7 to yesterday, 24% of respondents said that President Yoon Seok-yeol is “doing well” in carrying out his duties, while 67% said that he is “not going well”.

Compared to the survey two weeks ago, the rate of positive evaluations remained the same, while the negative evaluation rate increased by 2 percentage points.

As for opinion polls on the second anniversary of the inauguration, this is the lowest figure since the democratization of 1987.

When the late former President Roh Tae-woo took office two years ago, his positive rating was 28%, but President Yoon’s rating was 4 percentage points lower.

The late former President Kim Dae-jung was the highest with 49%, followed by former Presidents Moon Jae-in and Lee Myung-bak.

The positive ratings of the late former President Roh Moo-hyun and former President Park Geun-hye, who served for two years, were the same at 33%.

When asked why they think President Yoon is not doing well, the most popular questions were the economy, people’s livelihood and prices at 19%, followed by poor communication at 15% and dogmatic and one-sided at 7%.

Support for political parties increased 1 percentage point from two weeks ago for the ruling People Power Party to 34%, and the Democratic Party of Korea also increased 1 percentage point to 30%.

The Fatherland Reform Party is at 11% and the New Reform Party is at 5%.

As for the “Special Prosecutor Chae Sang-byeong Law,” which President Yoon actually rejected, saying that the Corruption Investigation Bureau is investigating, 57% responded that “a special prosecution should be conducted even if the investigation is ongoing”, 29% said “there is no need” and 14% did not express their opinion.

The Democratic Party strongly criticized President Yoon’s administration of state affairs, saying, “The last two years have seemed like 20 years, not 2 years, to the people.”

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“I was incompetent in all areas, even though I tried with a generous and generous heart to see if there was even one thing I was good at, I couldn’t find anything I was good at.”

The ruling People Power Party said, “Unity and cooperation have become more important than ever,” and said, “We will increase the Yoon Seok-yeol government’s driving force in state affairs, while stopping time itself the unbridled actions of the government. the main opposition parties”.

I’m Ji-in Kim from MBC News.

Video editing: Hwayoung Lee / Design: Sujin Jo, Eunseon Kim

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