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Backed by the high support, his ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) also gained high approval.
In the survey conducted by Hankook Research on the occasion of The Korea Times' 67th anniversary, Moon's approval rating stood at 73 percent, which included a "very positive" assessment from 28.1 percent.
The high ratio shows people support his drive to eradicate "deep-rooted evils of society," which in his view were committed under the former conservative administrations.
Another 24.1 percent said he was not doing well in state management, including a "very bad" evaluation from 7.4 percent.
People in their 20s to 40s, residents in Gwangju and Jeolla provinces, white-collar workers, those with a liberal inclination and supporters of the DPK gave relatively high approval to Moon's state management.
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People were also generally supportive of the President's policies in four areas: diplomacy, economy, education and security.
Moon obtained the highest support in diplomacy, with 68.4 percent approving the Moon government's foreign affairs policy.
His economic policies also received a good response, supported by 66.4 percent, and his education policy, 63.8 percent.
His security policy obtained the least support among the four areas, amid heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula along with North Korea's missile and nuclear provocations. But 62.5 percent still approved Moon's policy. Those in their 60s or older and those with conservative inclinations showed negative responses to it.
Among political parties, 48.1 percent of the respondents said they support the ruling DPK. The ruling party was followed by the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, with 10.7 percent, the minor conservative Bareun Party, 7.9 percent, the minor liberal People's Party, 6.8 percent, and the minor progressive Justice Party, 5.2 percent.
But another 15.3 percent said they do not support any specific political party.
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