Presidential approval, Israeli coalition and First-instance acquittal of eight officers

01 / Polling

Flat presidential and party support, with opinion on judicial, investigative and visa issues

Guests: Park Si-young · Lee Taek-soo
Fan-edited summary · English translation

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  Park Si-young
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  Lee Taek-soo

Lee Taek-soo said Realmeter’s positive presidential rating rose 1.6 percentage points from the previous week, but daily changes were fractions of a point within the margin of error. Lee also said Gallup Korea fell 1 point while NBS and the Korea Society Opinion Institute rose by about 2 points each, describing the overall pattern as flat. Park Si-young said the weekend Flower Research survey put positive presidential ratings at 45.6% by telephone interview, down 1.0 point, and 39.4% by ARS, down 1.9 points, with negative ratings ahead by 8.2 and 20.3 points respectively. Party support was reported as Democratic Party 41.2% and People Power Party 35.8% by telephone, and People Power Party 41.9%, Democratic Party 38.1% and Rebuilding Korea Party 9.1% by ARS. The two ARS party figures differ arithmetically by 3.8 points, although the transcript states 2.2 points. The programme also reported aggregate ideological-group results: People Power Party support among conservatives at 72.3% by telephone and 79.7% by ARS; Democratic Party support among progressives at 65.8% and 64.3%; and Rebuilding Korea Party support among progressives at 15% and 19%. These are group-level snapshots, not evidence that individual respondents changed parties. The host and guests offered weak household economic sentiment and depleted trust as interpretations of stagnant support, not demonstrated causes. Flower Research’s telephone survey found 64% saying an investigation was needed into lawmaker Joo Jin-woo’s so-called imperial golf allegation, while the ARS result was described only as a majority. On Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon’s appellate acquittal, 42% said acquittal was appropriate and 48% said guilt was appropriate. Support for introducing AI judges was 58% by telephone and 64.8% by ARS. The need for a National Assembly investigation of Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae was described as roughly six to three, while impeachment opinion split 47.9% to 47.8%. On the denial of a US visa to National Assembly National Defense Committee chair Jin Sung-joon, no exact overall result was given; only subgroup findings, including about 40% of People Power Party supporters by telephone attributing political intent. The transcript says Flower Research separately used telephone interviews and ARS, and describes the telephone survey as a weekend survey of a different roughly 1,000 people each week. It does not provide exact field dates, sampling frame and selection, weights, response rate, full questionnaire or a margin of error for each reported figure. The other polling organisations’ methods are also absent, limiting direct comparison.