S. Korean president's approval rating drops to 23 pct: poll-Xinhua

S. Korean president's approval rating drops to 23 pct: poll

Source: Xinhua| 2024-04-19 11:54:30|Editor: huaxia

SEOUL, April 19 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating dropped 11 percentage points to 23 percent this week compared to three weeks earlier, a weekly poll showed Friday.

The negative assessment on Yoon's conduct of state affairs soared 10 percentage points to 68 percent, according to local pollster Gallup Korea.

Support for the ruling conservative People Power Party lost 7 percentage points to 30 percent this week compared with the fourth week of March.

The main liberal opposition Democratic Party's popularity rating gained 2 percentage points to 31 percent.

The minor left-leaning Rebuilding Korea Party posted a 14 percent support score this week, while the minor center-right New Reform Party logged a 3 percent approval score.

The results were based on a survey of 1,000 voters conducted from Tuesday to Thursday. It had plus and minus 3.1 percentage points in margin of error with a 95-percent confidence level.

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