President Yoon Suk-yeol has never enjoyed high approval ratings, topping out at 53% not long after his inauguration. Due to a series of unforced errors, Yoon’s approval rate fell as low as 24% in Aug. last year. Since then, he has regained some support, and his approval rate has been around 40%.

However, he finds it difficult to raise that number much higher because of the way age demographics define political affiliations in the ROK. To counter this, Yoon will likely double down on policies that conservatives favor to shore up his base.