President Lee Jae-myung's national approval rating has declined for two consecutive weeks.
According to a survey conducted by Realmeter on 2508 voters aged 18 and older nationwide from the 21st to the 25th at the request of the Energy Economy Newspaper, the approval rating for President Lee's governance was recorded at 61.5%. This marks a decrease of 0.7 percentage points from last week (62.2%), continuing a downward trend for the second week in a row.
Realmeter analyzed that "while the approval rating has maintained a relatively stable support level in the low 60% range for the fourth week, frequent controversies over government personnel changes, along with disaster impacts from heavy rain and heat waves, appear to have formed negative public opinion."
The evaluation of 'doing poorly' was 33%, while the evaluation of 'not knowing well' was recorded at 5.5%. Negative evaluations increased by 0.7 percentage points.
In a party support survey conducted on 1005 voters from the 24th to the 25th, the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 50.8%. The People Power Party's approval rating increased by 1.6 percentage points to 29%, compared to the previous week. The Reform Party recorded 3.8%, the Rebuilding Korea Party recorded 3.5%, and The Progressive Party recorded 1.2%, respectively.
This survey was conducted via automated telephone responses. The sample error for the presidential approval rating survey is ±2.0 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, while the sample error for the party support survey is ±3.1 percentage points at the same confidence level. The response rates were 5.7% and 4.6%, respectively.