Survey on ”Next Presidential Election” and ”Party Approval Rating”... Gap between ruling and opposition parties ”narrowing” = South Korea

The results of a public opinion poll announced on the 24th in South Korea showed that if the next presidential election is held, more than half of respondents said they hoped for a change of government by the opposition party.
The survey was conducted by the South Korean polling agency "Realmeter" on the 19th to 21st of this month among 1,509 voters aged 18 or older.
According to a survey on "Favourability of the ruling party in the next presidential election in the third week of March," the percentage of respondents who said they "hoped for a change of government by the opposition party" dropped 1.6 percentage points from the previous week to 53.9%.
Additionally, the number of respondents who said they “hope the ruling party will remain in power” rose 0.4 percentage points to 40.4%, while 5.7% were “reserved.”
Meanwhile, according to a survey on party approval ratings, the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 43.6%, down 0.7 percentage points from the previous week, while the ruling People Power Party was
The gap between the two parties was 3.6 percentage points, narrowing slightly from the previous week, and the race remains close.
Next were the Fatherland Reform Party (4.3%), the New Reform Party (1.3%), the Progressive Party (0.8%), etc., with independents making up 8.6%.