S.Korean president's approval rating falls to 48 pct: poll-Xinhua

S.Korean president's approval rating falls to 48 pct: poll

Source: Xinhua| 2022-06-13 11:01:45|Editor: huaxia

SEOUL, June 13 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating fell 4.1 percentage points from a week earlier to 48.0 percent last week, a weekly poll showed Monday.

The negative assessment of Yoon's conduct of state affairs gained 3.9 percentage points to 44.2 percent, according to local pollster Realmeter.

Support for the ruling conservative People Power Party dipped 2.5 percentage points over the week to 47.3 percent last week.

The main liberal opposition Democratic Party's approval rating rose 1.0 percentage point to 39.2 percent.

The minor progressive Justice Party garnered a 3.6 percent of support score last week, down 0.4 percentage points from the prior week.

The results were based on a survey of 2,009 voters conducted from last Tuesday to Friday. It had plus or minus 2.2 percentage points in margin of error with a 95 percent confidence level.

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