South Korean Poll: Ruling Party’s Approval Rating Surpasses Largest Opposition Party, Re-election Rate Increases

The latest release of polling results in South Korea shows that the ruling party, the National Power Party, has once again surpassed the largest opposition party, the Together Democratic Party. The support rate for the National Power Party for re-election in the next government has also increased by 5% compared to before.

According to reports from the Korean news agency, Realmeter, the most recent poll released on Monday, March 10, showed that the support rate for the ruling party, the National Power Party, is 42.7%, an increase of 5.1 percentage points from the previous week, while the largest opposition party, the Together Democratic Party, stands at 41%, a decrease of 3.2 percentage points from the previous week.

In the previous survey, the Together Democratic Party was leading the National Power Party by a margin of 6.6 percentage points. This time, the National Power Party has overtaken them, narrowing the gap between the two parties to 1.7 percentage points.

The poll was conducted by Realmeter from March 5th to 7th, surveying 1507 voters aged 18 and above about their party support.

Analysts from the Korean news agency pointed out that the court’s decision to release former President Yoon Suk-yul, who was previously detained, had some impact on the poll results.

The support rate for the National Power Party has increased in Chungcheong, Busan, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Jeolla, Hunan region, Daegu, Gyeongbuk, and Seoul, with rising support from women and the conservative camp. The support rate for the Together Democratic Party has decreased in Chungcheong, Busan, Gyeongsangnam-do, Daegu, and Gyeongbuk areas.

Among self-proclaimed neutral respondents, 46.5% expressed support for the Together Democratic Party, an increase of 0.7 percentage points from the previous week; 31.1% supported the National Power Party, an increase of 1 percentage point from the previous week.

Regarding which party should take control of the next government, 50.4% of respondents hope for the opposition party to govern, a decrease of 4.7 percentage points from the previous week; 44% of respondents support the ruling party to continue in power, an increase of 5 percentage points from the previous week; the gap between the two has narrowed from 16.1% to 6.4%. In addition, 5.6% of respondents said they were unsure of whom to support.