President Lee's Job Approval Rating Edges Up to 39%... Real Estate Top Reason for Negative Assessments
Gallup Korea Poll
President Lee Jaemyung's job approval rating has edged up.
Gallup Korea said on October 16 that a survey conducted from October 13 to 15 found that 39% of respondents said the president was “doing a good job,” up 2 percentage points from the previous week. The rating has managed a modest rebound for the first time in about two months, since late August.
Positive assessments of President Lee's job performance were concentrated among supporters of the Democratic Party of Korea (74%), liberals (65%), people in their 40s (53%) and people in their 50s (50%). The reasons cited for positive assessments included diplomacy (20%), the economy and people's livelihoods (11%), communication (7%), and policies for ordinary citizens and welfare (6%).
Negative assessments of President Lee's job performance stood at 52%, up 1 percentage point from the previous week. They were more common among supporters of the People Power Party (86%), conservatives (77%), men (57%), independents (57%) and moderates (51%). The reasons cited for negative assessments included real estate policy (19%), the government's response to the economy, people's livelihoods and the stock market (12%), and defense, national security and North Korea (11%).
Support for the ruling Democratic Party of Korea and the main opposition People Power Party each rose 1 percentage point, to 36% and 27%, respectively. This is the fourth time since the launch of the Lee Jaemyung administration that the gap between the two parties' approval ratings has narrowed to within 10 percentage points. They were followed by the Rebuilding Korea Party at 3%, the Reform Party at 2% and the Progressive Party at 1%.
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The survey was conducted by telephone interviews with 1,003 people nationwide, with a response rate of 10.4%. The margin of error is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For more details about the poll, see the website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.
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