On the 22nd, the Blue House said it "takes this gravely and humbly and will more carefully examine what the public is worried about and what they want," in response to President Lee Jae-myung's job approval falling for five straight weeks and showing the first "dead cross" since taking office. The Blue House said in a media notice that day that this was "a result that comprehensively reflects the public's lived sense of the livelihood economy and their overall assessment of state affairs."
According to results that Realmeter conducted at the request of Energy Economics News, surveying 2,517 voters aged 18 and older nationwide from the 15th to the 19th and released on the 22nd, the positive assessment of President Lee's job performance was 46.7%, down 4.8 percentage points from the previous week. In the same poll, the president's job approval fell from the second week of May (60.5%) to the third week (59.3%) and the fourth week (59.1%), then continued its slide for five straight weeks into June, at the first week (55.2%) and the second week (51.5%).
The negative assessment was 49.7%, up 5.5 percentage points from the previous survey, surpassing the positive figure. The gap is within the margin of error (±2.0 percentage points). The proportion of respondents who said "don't know" was 3.6%. Realmeter said, "The spread of calls for accountability sparked by the mismanagement of the June 3 local elections and the ruling party's leadership power struggle had a negative impact across the political landscape," adding, "Despite some tailwinds such as the achievements from the Europe trip and the KOSPI breaking through the 9,000 level, concerns about asset market polarization came to the fore, leading to defections among supporters, especially among moderates and in the capital region."