A poll on the 17th showed that President Lee Jae-myung's job approval slipped slightly for the first time in three weeks.
According to a poll for the second week of November conducted by Realmeter at the request of Energy Economy News, the positive rating that the president is "doing well" was tallied at 54.5%. This was down 2.2 percentage points from the previous survey (first week of November). The negative rating was 41.2%, up 2.5 percentage points. The gap between positive and negative evaluations narrowed from 15.8 percentage points to 13.3 percentage points. Those who said "don't know" came to 4.3%.
Realmeter said, "The hardline standoff and political wrangling between the ruling and opposition parties over the 'abandoning an appeal in the Daejang-dong case' controversy heightened public fatigue and served as the main cause of the drop in the job approval," adding, "However, later in the week, approval rebounded somewhat as diplomatic and security achievements, such as the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine, were highlighted through the 'U.S.-Korea fact sheet' released by the president."
In party support, the Democratic Party was 46.7%, up 0.2 percentage points from the previous survey (first week of November), and the People Power Party was 34.2%, down 0.6 percentage points. The gap between the two parties widened from 11.7 percentage points to 12.5 percentage points. They were followed by the Rebuilding Korea Party at 3.2% (up 0.7 percentage points), the Reform Party at 3.1% (down 1.1 percentage points), and The Progressive Party at 1.0% (up 0.2 percentage points).
The presidential approval poll was conducted on the 10th–14th among 2,510 voters nationwide aged 18 and older. The response rate was 4.6%, with a margin of error of ±2.0 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. The party support poll was conducted on the 13th–14th among 1,006 voters. The response rate was 3.8%, with a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. Both surveys used a wireless (100%) automated response (ARS) RDD method. For details, refer to the Realmeter website and the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.