53% of Koreans expect President-elect Yoon to do good job on state affairs

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol attends a ceremony to disband his presidential election team at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, March 10. AP-Yonhap

More than half of Koreans expect President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol to do well on state affairs, a survey showed Monday.

According to the survey of 1,018 adults conducted by Realmeter last Thursday and Friday, 52.7 percent of respondents expect Yoon to perform well on state affairs.

In contrast, 41.2 percent say they did not expect him to do so, the survey showed. The remaining 6.1 percent say they were unsure.

Yoon won a tight election last week by a razor-thin margin of 0.73 percent with 48.56 percent of the vote.

According to previous Realmeter surveys on expectations of a president-elect's job performance, 79.3 percent of respondents were positive about former President Lee Myung-bak and 64.4 percent were positive about former President Park Geun-hye.

President Moon Jae-in received 74.8 percent of positive expectations on state affairs when he was elected.

Economic growth and job creation are cited as a top priority for Yoon, followed by political reform and the stabilization of home prices, the survey showed.

Meanwhile, Moon's approval rating fell 5.8 percentage points from last week to 38.1 percent, while his disapproval rating rose 7.3 points to 58.8 percent.

The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level. (Yonhap)