In a Realmeter poll, President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating stood at 46.7%. This is the first time since last June, after taking office, that the president's approval rating in a Realmeter survey has been in the 40% range.
Realmeter, commissioned by Energy Economy News, surveyed 2,517 adults nationwide from the 15th to the 19th, and found the president's approval rating at 46.7%, down 4.8 percentage points from the previous week. For the first time since taking office, it fell into the 40% range, and the negative assessment led the positive within the margin of error.
Realmeter said, "As the spread of calls for accountability sparked by the poor election management incident and the ruling party's power struggle over party leadership acted as negative factors across the political landscape, support appeared to slip among moderates and in the Seoul metropolitan area, extending the downward trend, despite some positives such as the Europe trip's outcomes and KOSPI's threshold breakthrough. Concerns about asset market polarization were highlighted."
Looking at daily changes, on the 19th, the last day of the survey, the negative assessment reached 51.2%, entering the 50% range.
In Seoul, the positive assessment fell from 47.2% to 39.8%, and the negative assessment was 55.1%. In Incheon and Gyeonggi Province, the positive assessment fell from 52.4% to 44.8%. By age group, the positive assessment among people in their 20s fell from 36.8% to 30.6%, and among people in their 30s it declined from 36.8% to 34.4%.
In the party support poll, the People Power Party recorded 42.3% and the Democratic Party of Korea 40.1%. The party support poll was conducted from the 18th to the 19th with 1,001 adults nationwide. Reform Party 3.4%, Rebuilding Korea Party 2.9%, The Progressive Party 1.7% in that order.
This survey was conducted using an automated response (ARS) method with randomly generated mobile numbers (100%) drawn by random sampling. The response rate for the president's job performance evaluation was 4.2%, with a sampling error of ±2 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, and the response rate for party support was 3.3%, with a sampling error of ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For details, refer to the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.