S.Korean president's approval rating stays high at 46.8 pct: poll

Source: Xinhua| 2020-02-13 14:20:25|Editor: Yurou
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SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating stayed high at 46.8 percent this week, a weekly poll showed Thursday.

According to the Realmeter survey, support for Moon inched down 0.1 percentage point over the week to 46.8 percent this week.

The negative assessment on Moon's conduct of state affairs edged up 0.2 percentage points to 49.4 percent.

Support for Moon's ruling Democratic Party added 0.1 percentage point to 40.3 percent, while the approval score for the main conservative opposition Liberty Korea Party rose 0.9 percentage points to 31.1 percent.

The minor progressive Justice Party won 4.8 percent of support, followed by the minor right-wing New Conservative Party with 3.8 percent and the minor conservative Bareun Future Party with 2.2 percent.

The results were based on a poll of 1,509 voters conducted from Monday to Wednesday. It had plus and minus 2.5 percentage points in margin of error with a 95 percent confidence level.

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