Following a dead cross in which negative evaluations of President Yoon Seok-yeol's performance of state affairs surpassed positive evaluations, the results of a public opinion poll showed that the gap between negative and positive evaluations was widening further out of the margin of error.



As a result of R&Search asking 1,028 people over the age of 18 across the country on the 2nd-4th at the request of Newspim, 42.6% answered that they are doing well, and 53.0% answered that they are doing it wrong. appeared.



Positive ratings fell by 4.9 percentage points to 47.6% in the survey two weeks ago after recording 52.5% in the survey three weeks ago.



In last week's survey (45.3%), the positive evaluation, which fell by 2.3 percentage points, also fell by 2.7 percentage points this week.



The negative evaluation from 43.0% in the survey three weeks ago rose to 47.9% (4.9 percentage points↑) two weeks ago, 49.8% (1.9 percentage points↑) last week, and 53.0% (3.2 percentage points↑) this week.



Following the first deadcross since taking office in the survey two weeks ago, the difference between the positive and negative evaluations was outside the margin of error (±3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level).



Negative ratings increased by 10.0 percentage points from the survey three weeks ago.



By age group, negative evaluations exceeded 60% among those in their 20s and 40s, and in particular, those in their twenties recorded 61.3% of negative evaluations, up 7.9 percentage points from 53.4% ​​last week.



Only in those in their 60s or older, the positive evaluation was 55.8%, more than the negative evaluation (37.2%).



By region, there were many negative evaluations in all regions except Daegu and Gyeongbuk (positive 62.2%, negative 33.5%).



In the party support survey, it was also found that the approval rating of the ruling party declined along with the evaluation of the presidential performance.



When asked 'Which party do you support?', 38.2% of the respondents chose the People's Power and 34.2% chose the Democratic Party.



Looking at the trend from three weeks ago, the power of the people showed a flow of 50.2% → 44.3% → 44.8% → 38.2%, and the Democratic Party showed a flow of 30.7% → 29.6% → 31.2% → 34.2%, respectively.



The gap in approval ratings between the two parties has steadily narrowed from 19.5 percentage points three weeks ago to 14.7 percentage points two weeks ago, 13.6 percentage points last week, and 4.0 percentage points this week.



The Justice Party was 4.4%, and the non-party was 17.4%.



This survey was conducted using a wireless automatic response (ARS) method, and the response rate was 3.5%.



For more information, please visit the website of the National Election Opinion Survey Deliberation Committee.



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