“…landslide victory, some studies show that positive evaluations of government responses to COVID-19 caused South Korean voters to cast a vote for the ruling party(Park 2020;Shin 2020). Further, many studies demonstrate that positive assessments of government performance in handling COVID-19 increased citizens' vaccination intentions(Hwang, Gil, and Choi 2021;Kim, Chang, and Jang 2021), trust in government, satisfaction with the democratic system, and national pride(Gil 2021;Oh 2021;Shin and Park 2022), and even led to support for the state role expansion (S..…”