[Pol-Pol News] President Lee's Approval Rating at 59.5%... "Falls to 50% Range After 8 Weeks"

Positive Approval for State Affairs at 59.5%, Down 2.7 Percentage Points from Previous Week

Democratic Party Also Drops to the 40% Range for First Time in Four Weeks, Recording 48.6%

Notable Decline Among Centrist and Economically Sensitive Voters

President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating for state affairs has declined for the second consecutive week, falling to the 50% range for the first time in eight weeks. Support for the Democratic Party also dropped to the 40% range for the first time in four weeks.

According to a poll conducted by Realmeter (commissioned by Energy Economy News, using an automated wireless phone response system with 2,006 voters aged 18 or older nationwide from April 24 to April 30, with a margin of error of ±2.2 percentage points at a 95% confidence level and a response rate of 4.6%), President Lee's approval rating for state affairs stood at 59.5%, a 2.7 percentage point decrease from the previous week. The disapproval rating rose by 1.6 percentage points to 35.0%.

President Lee Jae-myung delivers a commemorative speech at the Labor Day ceremony held at the Blue House State Guest House on the 1st. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

President Lee's approval rating had remained in the 60% range from the second week of March (60.3%) through the fourth week of April (62.2%), but this week’s decline brought it down to the 50% range.

Realmeter analyzed, "Due to the increased burden on the livelihood economy, such as high oil prices, a strong dollar, and rising inflation, combined with instability factors like controversy over Minister of Unification Jeong Dong-young's security remarks and ongoing labor-management conflicts, the approval rating declined. In particular, there was a notable drop among the economically sensitive demographic and centrist voters. It appears that the unstable environment, rather than specific policy achievements, was the main driver of negative evaluations."

By region, Incheon and Gyeonggi saw a sharp decrease, dropping by 8.0 percentage points from 66.1% to 58.1%. Among those in their 60s, the approval rating decreased by 5.5 percentage points, from 67.0% to 61.5%.

In the party approval rating survey (commissioned by Energy Economy News, conducted nationwide among 1,006 voters aged 18 or older from April 29 to April 30 via automated wireless phone responses, with a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level and a response rate of 4.6%), support for the Democratic Party fell by 2.7 percentage points from the previous week, reaching 48.6%. Support for the People Power Party (PPP) rose by 0.9 percentage points to 31.6%. The Cho Kuk Innovation Party received 4.0%, the Reform New Party 2.6%, and the Progressive Party 2.2%.

For more detailed information on the poll, please refer to the website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.

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