The positive assessment of President Lee Jae-myung's job performance was 56.5%, up 0.7 percentage points from the previous week, marking a third straight week of gains, a poll showed on the 16th. The negative assessment was 38.9%, down 0.2 percentage points, and "don't know" was 4.6%.
The survey was conducted by Realmeter on 2,524 people aged 18 or older nationwide from the 9th to the 13th. Realmeter said that criticism of tax breaks for multiple-home owners, a stance to root out speculation, and economic indicators such as the KOSPI topping 5,500 influenced trust in state affairs.
In a party support survey by the same agency on the 12th and 13th of 1,009 adults, the Democratic Party of Korea was at 44.8% and the People Power Party at 36.1%. The Democratic Party fell 2.8 percentage points from the previous week, and the People Power Party rose 1.2 percentage points. The Rebuilding Korea Party was 3.8%, the Reform Party 2.7%, The Progressive Party 1.5%, and those with no party affiliation 9.2%. Both surveys were conducted via wireless interactive voice response, with a margin of error of ±2.0 percentage points for the presidential survey and ±3.1 percentage points for the party survey.