President Lee's Approval Rating Holds at 37%... Disapproval Falls 5 Percentage Points to 51%
Gallup Korea poll: “Diplomacy” tops reasons for approval
“Real estate” tops reasons for disapproval
Democratic Party 35%, People Power Party 26%
Gallup Korea said on October 9 that President Lee Jaemyung’s job approval rating stood at 37%, unchanged from the previous poll conducted three weeks earlier.
The poll was conducted from October 6 to 8 among 1,000 voters aged 18 or older nationwide.
Disapproval stood at 51%, down 5 percentage points from the previous poll. Another 12% of respondents declined to give an opinion.
The most commonly cited reason for approving of his job performance was “diplomacy” (24%). This was followed by “the economy and people’s livelihoods” (14%) and “doing well overall” (7%).
The most frequently cited reason for disapproval was “real estate policy” (18%). This was followed by “national defense, security and North Korea” (15%); “reducing the prosecution’s powers and abolishing the prosecution service” (8%); and “doing poorly overall” and “the economy and people’s livelihoods” (7% each).
In the poll on party support, the Democratic Party of Korea received 35% and the People Power Party 26%. Support for the Democratic Party fell 5 percentage points from the previous poll, reaching its lowest level since the current administration took office in Gallup Korea polls. Support for the People Power Party also fell 1 percentage point from the previous poll.
Meanwhile, the Rebuilding Korea Party received 3%, the New Reform Party 2% and the Progressive Party 1%. Those with no preferred party accounted for 31%.
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The poll was conducted by telephone interviewer interviews using randomly selected wireless phone numbers. The margin of error was ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. The contact rate was 42.3%, and the response rate was 9.7%. For more details, see the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.
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