[Poll Poll News] President Lee’s Approval Rating Returns to 40% Range; Trust in Constitutional Court and Courts Declines

Gallup Poll
76% of respondents don't know which lawmakers stood out in the National Assembly audit

Positive ratings of President Lee Jae-myung's job performance rose slightly, returning to the 40% range. A survey found that public trust in the Constitutional Court and the courts had declined.

According to a survey conducted by Gallup Korea from November 3 to 5 among 1,001 people aged 18 and older nationwide, using telephone interviews by pollsters and randomly selected wireless phone virtual numbers provided by three mobile carriers, with a margin of sampling error of ±3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level and a response rate of 9.7%, respondents were asked whether they thought President Lee was doing a good or poor job as president. A total of 41% gave a positive rating, up 2 percentage points from last week's survey. Negative ratings stood at 50%, also up 1 percentage point from last week's survey.

The Blue House released footage on the 4th of the filming of “The President’s Y,” a new YouTube program featuring President Lee Jaemyung. Yonhap News Agency

According to Gallup, among independents with no preferred political party, negative ratings outweighed positive ones, at 54% and 26%, respectively. By gender, the gap among women was relatively small, with 43% giving a positive rating and 47% a negative one. Among men, negative ratings were more common, at 53%, compared with 39% positive ratings.

In party preferences, support for the Democratic Party of Korea stood at 36%, up 1 percentage point from last week, while support for the People Power Party was 28%, down 2 percentage points. The gap between the two parties, which had narrowed to within the margin of error last week, widened again to beyond the margin of error. The Rebuilding Korea Party received 3% support, the Reform Party 2%, and the Progressive Party 1%.

The survey also measured trust in major institutions. The Constitutional Court had a trust rating of 49%, the courts 41%, the National Police Agency and the Serious Crime Investigation Agency 29% each, the Prosecution Office 25%, and the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials 24%.

Gallup said, "Trust in the Constitutional Court and the courts, which drew considerable attention immediately after the impeachment ruling in April last year, has declined somewhat." In April last year, the Constitutional Court's trust rating was 61%, while that of the courts was 46%.

Regarding the National Assembly's audit of state affairs, 15% said it had produced results, while 46% said it had not. Another 39% withheld their opinion.

Lawmakers cited as having played an active role in state affairs included People Power Party lawmaker Kim Tae-gyu and independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon, both at 5%, and People Power Party lawmaker Joo Jin-woo, at 3%. However, 76% of all respondents said no lawmaker had stood out or that they did not know.

For more details about the survey, visit the website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.

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