{"id":2197690,"date":"2022-07-25T17:38:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T08:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nknews.org\/pro\/?p=2197690"},"modified":"2023-04-05T16:12:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:12:08","slug":"yoons-approval-rating-hits-new-low-jeopardizing-his-domestic-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2022\/07\/yoons-approval-rating-hits-new-low-jeopardizing-his-domestic-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoon\u2019s approval rating hits new low, jeopardizing his domestic agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Yoon Suk-yeol, it is time to be concerned. Just two months into his presidency, his approval rates have fallen to new lows, and those declines have been driven in part by serious dips among cohorts that should be among his most strident supporters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yoon is clearly feeling the pressure. Officials within his administration are under fire for <\/span>questionable<\/span><\/a> hiring<\/span><\/a> practices. There is serious internal strife within the People\u2019s Power Party (PPP), with the party <\/span>suspending<\/span><\/a> its scandal-ridden chairman and the chairman <\/span>refusing<\/span><\/a> to accept the suspension. To right the ship, there is already <\/span>speculation<\/span><\/a> that Yoon will reshuffle his cabinet just a few months into his term.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not only is Yoon\u2019s disapproval rate at an all-time high of 60% in the <\/span>most recent<\/span><\/a> Gallup Korea polling, his approval rate sits at an all-time low of 32%, falling further from an already low 37% <\/span>in early July<\/span><\/a>. Moreover, there are serious declines in approval across the demographic spectrum, including from those who usually make up his core support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yoon\u2019s approval among supporters of the rival Democratic Party (DP) is now just 6 percent, which is not unusual in a highly polarized political environment. Throughout Moon Jae-in\u2019s presidency, his approval rates among supporters of the People Power Party (PPP) were typically below 10 percent. But this was balanced by 80 percent approval rates for Moon among his own party.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, support for Yoon among his own party is beginning to waver. While approval of Yoon was at 86 percent among PPP supporters <\/span>in early June<\/span><\/a>, that number is now at 62 percent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A look at age cohorts underlines just how serious these declines are. Even among those aged 60 and over \u2014 reliable conservative voters \u2014 approval is now at just 49 percent. That is down roughly 18 percentage points since early June. Among all other age cohorts approval is at 29 percent or lower, and declines are closer to 23 percentage points on average.<\/span><\/p>\n

These declines in approval for Yoon are only now starting to show signs of creating a drag on the PPP. Support for the PPP is now down to 39 percent from 45 percent in early June. Meanwhile, support for the DP has only risen from 29 percent to 33 percent in that time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This suggests there is some degree of separation between Yoon and his party. But it is unclear just how long that separation can last, and what will happen when it begins to more clearly erode.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are already questions about his ability to enact a domestic agenda given his party is a minority in the National Assembly. But should Yoon\u2019s approval rate remain depressed or fall further, his party members will begin to look toward the 2024 National Assembly election and begin to wonder what exactly the president can do for them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Edited by Bryan Betts<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Domestic Politics<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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