After the martial law declaration, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s approval rating has sharply hit. According to a Realmeter poll released on Monday, Yoon’s approval rating has dropped to 17.3%, a steep decline of 7.7 percentage points from the previous week. The survey, conducted on December 5-6 with 1,012 adults nationwide, also shows that his disapproval rating surged by 8.2 percentage points to 79.2%.
The approval ratings fell across all regions: Busan, Ulsan, and South Gyeongsang (down 14.9 points), Daejeon, Sejong, and Chungcheong (down 10.6 points), Seoul (down 9.0 points), Daegu and North Gyeongsang (down 7.9 points), Incheon and Gyeonggi (down 3.4 points), and Gwangju and Jeolla (down 1.5 points).
Age-wise, approval ratings fell across nearly all demographics, with the steepest declines among those in their 60s (down 16.0 points) and those aged 70 and older(down 12.6 points). The only exception was respondents in their 20s, whose ratings held steady.
Support for the ruling People Power Party recorded 26.2%, a significant drop of 6.1 percentage points from the previous week’s 32.3%. In contrast, the opposition Democratic Party saw an increase of 2.4 points, reaching 47.6% and widening the gap with the ruling party to 21.4 points. The Justice Party and the Reform Party also saw increases of 1.2 and 1.7 points, respectively, reaching 7.3% and 4.3%.
The Realmeter poll for the first week of December used a combination of random digit dialing for mobile (97%) and landline (3%) phones, using an automated response system. The response rate was 4.8%, with a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. Further details are available on the Central Election Management Committee’s polling review committee website.
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