President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol wears a face mask as he enters his office in Tongui-dong, Jongno District, Seoul, Friday. Joint Press Corps

By Nam Hyun-woo

More than half of the public looked positively on the prospect of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's presidency, a survey showed, Friday.

However, the approval rate was far lower than that of his predecessors tallied soon after they were elected. Some attribute Yoon's relatively lower approval rate to the ongoing clash between him and President Moon Jae-in over various state affairs during the remainder of the latter's term.

According to the poll by Gallup Korea, 55 percent of 1,000 respondents said they expect Yoon will do a good job in presidency, while 40 percent said they believe he will not do a good job.

The number was higher than President Moon's current support rate of 44 percent, but far lower than the support rates of former presidents tallied within two weeks of their election victories.

In 2007, then-President-elect Lee Myung-bak enjoyed a positive view from 84 percent of respondents in a survey conducted seven days after the Dec. 19 election of that year. Lee's sucessor, Park Geun-hye, had positive views from 78 percent of respondents in a survey done 10 days after her victory in Dec. 19, 2012. Current President Moon was viewed positively by 87 percent of those surveyed nine days after his victory on May 9, 2017.