S.Korean president's approval rating stays at 48 pct: poll-Xinhua

S.Korean president's approval rating stays at 48 pct: poll

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2022-06-20 11:04:45

SEOUL, June 20 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating stayed at 48.0 percent last week, unchanged compared to the previous week, a weekly poll showed Monday.

The negative assessment on Yoon's conduct of state affairs gained 1.2 percentage points to 45.4 percent, according to local pollster Realmeter.

Support for the ruling conservative People Power Party dipped 0.5 percentage points over the week to 46.8 percent last week.

The main liberal opposition Democratic Party's approval rating rose 0.2 percentage points to 39.4 percent.

The minor progressive Justice Party garnered 3.4 percent of support last week, down 0.2 percentage points from the prior week.

The results were based on a survey of 2,529 voters conducted from last Monday to Friday. It had plus or minus 1.9 percentage points in margin of error with a 95 percent confidence level.