Gyeonggi Governor Kim Dong-yeon Sole Official Among Three Metropolitan Leaders in Capital Region to Achieve Over 50% Positive Evaluation

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Governor Kim Dong-yeon of Gyeonggi Province's 'positive evaluation' is the highest among metropolitan leaders in the capital region, including Gyeonggi, Seoul, and Incheon.

'Resident life satisfaction' also ranked first in Gyeonggi Province among the three metropolitan autonomous entities.

According to the 'February 2023 Evaluation of Metropolitan Autonomous Entities' released by polling organization Realmeter on the 12th, Governor Kim Dong-yeon received a positive evaluation of 58.4%, up 2.1 percentage points from the previous month, making him the sole official among Oh Se-hoon (49.7%), Seoul Mayor, and Yoo Jeong-bok (47.2%), Incheon Mayor, to achieve over 50% positive evaluation.

In particular, Governor Kim's 'positive evaluation' increased from the previous month, while his 'negative evaluation' (24.5%) declined 4.5 percentage points from the previous month (29.0%).

In the 'February 2023 National Resident Life Satisfaction Survey,' Gyeonggi Province recorded 69.1%, Seoul 67.3%, and Incheon 54.3%, with Gyeonggi Province's resident life satisfaction the highest among the capital region.

Gyeonggi Province's resident life satisfaction also rose 2.6 percentage points compared to the previous month (66.5%), while the negative evaluation (26.9%) fell 1.4 percentage points from the previous month (28.3%).

The sampling error for this survey by metropolitan entity is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, with a response rate of 4.3%.