Support for President Lee Jae-myung's job performance was 53.1%, the same as the previous week. In party support, the People Power Party rose 2.5 percentage points, narrowing the gap with the Democratic Party of Korea to 3.2 percentage points.
A survey by Realmeter commissioned by Energy Economy News of 2,509 people aged 18 or older nationwide from the 19th to the 23rd found that 53.1% gave a positive assessment of the president's job performance. Negative assessments fell 0.1 percentage point to 42.1%.
Realmeter analyzed that "the economic boost of the KOSPI breaking 5,000 and the effect of the New Year's press conference kept the upward trend through midweek, but the confirmation hearing for Minister nominee Lee Hye-hoon of the Ministry of Planning and Budget and controversy over a merger within the ruling camp acted as personnel risks and political infighting, offsetting the gains."
In the party support survey, the People Power Party narrowed the gap with the Democratic Party. In a party support survey of 1,000 people aged 18 or older nationwide on the 22nd and 23rd, the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 42.7% support and the People Power Party 39.5%. The Democratic Party rose 0.2 percentage point from the previous week, and the People Power Party rose 2.5 percentage points.
The Rebuilding Korea Party stood at 3.2%, the Reform Party at 3.1%, and The Progressive Party at 1.5%.
Both surveys were conducted via wireless automated response. The margin of sampling error for the presidential job approval survey is ±2.0 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, and the margin of sampling error for the party support survey is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.
The response rate for the presidential job approval survey was 5.2%, and the response rate for the party support survey was 4.1%. For details, refer to the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.