President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating for handling state affairs inched up to 54.9%.
Realmeter said on the 8th that, based on a survey commissioned by Energy Economics News of 2,520 voters ages 18 and older nationwide from the 1st to the 5th, the president's approval rating for handling state affairs was 54.9%, up 0.1 percentage point from the previous week. In Realmeter surveys, the president's approval rating has remained in the mid-50% range.
Realmeter said, "Messages emphasizing democracy, such as the special statement on the first anniversary of martial law and the push to designate National Sovereignty Day, rallied the base and showed an uptrend approaching 60% in the middle of the week," adding, "But as negative issues concentrated in the latter part of the week, including the court's dismissal of the arrest warrant for lawmaker Choo Kyung-ho, the ruling party's personnel solicitation controversy, and an inadequate response to the surprise heavy snowfall in Seoul, the uptrend was cut short and downward pressure increased."
In a party approval rating survey of 1,008 voters ages 18 and older nationwide on the 4th and 5th, the Democratic Party of Korea was tallied at 44.2% and the People Power Party at 37.0%. The Democratic Party fell 1.4 percentage points, and the People Power Party fell 0.4 percentage point. The Reform Party was 3.8%, the Rebuilding Korea Party was 2.6%, and The Progressive Party was 1.4%.
Realmeter analyzed, "The Democratic Party saw a sharp drop among people in their 30s and among moderates as the defeat of the 'one person, one vote' system damaged internal leadership and deepened infighting, and as personnel solicitation controversies involving lawmakers Moon Jin-seok and Kim Nam-kuk flared," adding, "The People Power Party's lukewarm stance, including party leader Jang Dong-hyeok's refusal to apologize over martial law, appears to have caused confusion among its base by fueling conflict and division with party lawmakers."
Both surveys were conducted via automated response on wireless (100%). The margin of sampling error for the president's job approval survey is ±2.0 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, and for the party approval survey it is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. The response rate was 4.5% and 3.7%, respectively. For details, see the website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.