President Yoon's approval rating for ``expanding medical school capacity'' reaches highest in 1 year and 8 months = South Korea

South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol's national approval rating is approaching 40%, the highest level in 1 year and 8 months. Seoul, Chungcheong, Busan, Gyeongnam
), and over 40% in Daegu and Gyeongbuk. This appears to be a fallout from support for measures to expand medical school enrollment.
Korea Gallup conducted a survey of 1,001 people aged 18 and over across the country from February 27th to 29th, the 5th week of February.
It was revealed on the 1st that 39% of respondents said they had a positive evaluation of the president's performance of his duties. This is the highest positive rating in 1 year and 8 months since the 5th week's positive rating (43%) in June 2022 immediately after the presidential inauguration.
It's expensive. President Yoon's positive evaluation dropped to 29% in the first week of last month's survey, but it has increased by 10 percentage points in just one month.
By region, 62% of respondents said they "evaluate the president" in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, and 62% in Busan.
・Ulsan, Gyeongnam 51%, Daejeon, Se Jeong, Chungcheong 42%, Seoul 40%, Incheon, Gyeonggi 31%, Gwangju, Cho
Lula (Jolla) was in second place with 16%. By generation, 65% of people in their 70s and older said they "appreciate the president," 56% in their 60s, 36% in their 50s, 30% in their 30s, 27% in those 18-29, and 2 in their 40s.
It was in order of 2%. Reasons for a positive evaluation include "expanding medical school capacity" (21%), "diplomacy" (12%), "decisiveness/driving power" (8%), and "appreciate it overall" (7%) , “Economy/Civil Welfare
” (6%), “National defense/security” (3%), and “Do your best/do your best” (3%). The negative evaluation was 53%, down 5 percentage points from the previous survey.
Regarding support for political parties, ``People's Power'' increased by 3 percentage points from the previous survey to 40%, while ``Together with the Democratic Party'' decreased by 2 percentage points to 33%. “The power of the people
” exceeded “Both Democratic Party” outside the margin of error. ``Reform New Party'' is 3%, ``Green Justice Party'' is 2%, ``New Future'' and ``Progressive Party'' are each 1%, other parties are 2%, and there is no party that they support.
Independents accounted for 19%. 38% of respondents said that ``more candidates from the ruling party, ``People's Power,'' should be elected, and 35% said ``more candidates from the main opposition party, ``Tomo Democratic Party,'' should be elected.''
was. 16% said ``More third-party candidates should be elected instead of the two major parties.'' 11% did not respond. The sampling error for this survey is ±3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. The investigation is
The interview was conducted on a wireless telephone virtual number. The response rate was 15.8%. For details, please refer to the Central Election Poll Deliberation Committee homepage.