”Impeachment approved” by majority... Opinion on regime change also prevails = South Korea

A survey showed that more people are in favor of upholding the impeachment charges against President Yoon Seok-yeol than are in favor of dismissing or rejecting them.
On the 30th, the three broadcasting companies (KBS, MBC, and SBS) conducted a public opinion poll during the Lunar New Year holiday period, and found that the number of people who supported Yoon's inauguration at the Constitutional Court was higher than those who supported the creation of a new government.
It has become clear that the number of people in favor of accepting the impeachment proceedings against President Suk-yeol is leading the number of people in favor of dismissing or rejecting the proceedings within the margin of error.
The survey was conducted by Korea Research on the 24th to 26th by KBS and targeted 1,000 adults aged 18 and over nationwide.
Of those, 60% chose “Accept impeachment” and 36% chose “Reject impeachment.” The difference between these two was 24 percentage points, which was outside the margin of error (the survey had a 95% confidence level with a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points and a 50% margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points).
A telephone interview survey using virtual mobile phone numbers (response rate: 18.4%) was also conducted by MBC with Korea Research International on the 27th and 28th of this month, with 1,004 men and women aged 18 and over nationwide.
In a public opinion poll conducted among the 100,000 people, 58% said that "impeachment should be allowed and he should be removed from office," while 39% said that "impeachment should be dismissed and he should be reinstated to his duties" (the survey was conducted with a 95% confidence level).
The sampling error level is ±3.1 percentage points; the survey was conducted by telephone using a virtual mobile phone number; the response rate was 18.9%).
Next, SBS asked IPSOS to conduct a survey of 100 men and women aged 18 and over nationwide from the 23rd to the 25th of this month.
In a survey of 40 people, 59% said they would approve the impeachment, while 37% said they would dismiss or reject the impeachment, a difference of 22 percentage points (with a 95% confidence level and a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points).
・Telephone interview survey using virtual cell phone numbers (response rate: 20.8%). Even in questions posed by the three broadcasting companies about an early presidential election, the survey found that those who supported a change of government were more likely to support an extension of the government.
In the KBS survey, the opinion that "We should focus on the opposition candidate to bring about a change of government (50%)" was more prevalent than the opinion that "We should focus on the ruling party candidate to bring about a change of government (39%)."
In a question conducted by MBC and SBS asking about their preference for the ruling and opposition party candidates for a change of government, 50% of respondents chose the opposition party candidate, while 40% chose the ruling party candidate.
In terms of preference for the next presidential candidate, Lee Jae-myung was found to be the most popular among the multiple candidates, with an approval rating of 35-36%.
In the presidential election, Lee Jae-myung's approval rating rose to the 40% range, maintaining her lead over the ruling party candidate.