[Pollpoll News] President Lee's Approval Drops for 6th Week to 40.2%

Realmeter Public Opinion Poll

Approval Rating Hits Record Low

Democratic Party 41.9%, People Power Party 37.6%

President Lee Jae-myung’s approval rating for overall government performance fell for the sixth consecutive week, barely staying within the 40% range. President Lee’s approval rating has reached a new low since taking office.

According to a public opinion poll released on August 24 by the polling agency Realmeter (conducted at the request of Energy Economy News from August 18 to 21, targeting 2,026 adults aged 18 or older nationwide using wireless telephone ARS, with a margin of error of ±2.2 percentage points at the 95% confidence level, and a response rate of 3.2%), the positive evaluation of President Lee’s government performance was 40.2%, down 2.8 percentage points from last week’s survey.

President Lee’s approval ratings fell respectively in the Honam region, including Gwangju and Jeolla provinces (down 8.8 percentage points, from 73.5% to 64.7%), among those aged 70 and above (down 8.2 percentage points, from 48.7% to 40.5%), and among conservatives (down 5.9 percentage points, from 22.4% to 16.5%).

Realmeter analyzed that the decline was driven by increased distrust in real estate policy stemming from the controversy over residential supply in Yongsan Park, expanded rifts between ruling and opposition parties over the written nomination of Chief Justice Cho Hui-dae and constitutional amendment initiatives, and heightened security concerns following the reduction of joint military drills between South Korea and the U.S., all of which contributed to greater departures among conservatives and those aged 70 and older.

President Lee Jae-myung is speaking at the 1st Anti-Corruption Policy Council of the People’s Sovereignty Government held at the Blue House on the 21st. The Anti-Corruption Policy Council, which is a ministerial meeting among anti-corruption related agencies to comprehensively promote the government's anti-corruption measures, was held for the first time since President Lee took office. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

In a separate party support poll (conducted at the request of Energy Economy News on August 20 and 21 among 1,009 adults aged 18 or older nationwide using wireless telephone ARS, with a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level and a response rate of 2.9%), the Democratic Party’s support rate, following its national convention, fell by 6.0 percentage points to 41.9%. Support for the People Power Party increased by 4.5 percentage points to 37.6%. The Rebuilding Korea Party recorded 3.9%, while the Progressive Party and Reform New Party recorded 2.3% and 2%, respectively.

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

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