President Lee's Approval Rating Falls for Fifth Consecutive Week... Drops to 40% Range for First Time Since Inauguration [PolPol News]

Realmeter Regular Opinion Poll
Approval Rating Drops 4.8 Percentage Points from Last Week to 46.7%
Gap Between People Power Party and Democratic Party Narrows

President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating for state affairs has declined for five consecutive weeks, dropping into the 40% range. For the first time since his inauguration, negative assessments of his administration have surpassed positive ones.

According to a regular public opinion poll released on June 22 by polling agency Realmeter (commissioned by Energy Economy News and conducted via wireless phone ARS system among 2,517 adults aged 18 and over nationwide from June 15 to 19, with a sampling error of ±2 percentage points at a 95% confidence level and a response rate of 4.2%), President Lee's approval rating fell by 4.8 percentage points from the previous week to 46.7%. The negative assessment rose by 5.5 percentage points to 49.7%. Realmeter stated, "The positive rating has declined for five consecutive weeks, falling into the 40% range for the first time since the inauguration, while the negative assessment surpassed the positive within the margin of error for the first time."

President Lee Jae-myung is speaking at the Senior Secretary Meeting held at the Blue House on the 19th. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

The decline was particularly noticeable in Daegu·Gyeongbuk (down 9.9 percentage points, from 44.5% to 34.6%, negative assessment at 61.4%), Incheon·Gyeonggi (down 7.6 percentage points, from 52.4% to 44.8%, negative assessment at 52.6%), and Seoul (down 7.4 percentage points, from 47.2% to 39.8%, negative assessment at 55.1%). There was also a significant drop among those in their 50s (down 9.1 percentage points, from 64.6% to 55.5%, negative assessment at 41.4%) and those in their 20s (down 6.2 percentage points, from 36.8% to 30.6%, negative assessment at 65.2%).

In the party support poll (commissioned by Energy Economy News and conducted via wireless phone ARS system among 1,001 adults aged 18 and over nationwide on June 18 and 19, with a sampling error of ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level and a response rate of 3.3%), support for the People Power Party fell by 2.0 percentage points from the previous week to 42.3%. Support for the Democratic Party of Korea rose by 2.1 percentage points to 40.1%. While the People Power Party's support declined for the first time in four weeks, the Democratic Party's support increased for the first time in four weeks, narrowing the gap between the two parties to within the margin of error. The Reform Party recorded 3.4%, the Cho Kuk Innovation Party 2.9%, and the Progressive Party 1.7%.

For more detailed information regarding the public opinion polls, please refer to the website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.

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