A poll released on the 4th found that the positive assessment of President Lee Jae-myung's job performance fell to 40%, the lowest since his inauguration. The negative assessment was 51%.
In a survey of 1,001 people aged 18 and older nationwide conducted by Gallup Korea on the 1st to 3rd, the positive assessment of the president's job performance was 40%. That is down 2 percentage points from the previous survey in the fourth week of Aug. (42%). In contrast, the negative assessment rose 1 percentage point from the previous survey (50%) to 51%. This is the first time since his inauguration that the president's approval rating has fallen to 40% in this poll.
By party support, 73% of the Democratic Party of Korea base said he is "doing well," but 84% of the People Power Party base viewed his job performance as poor. Among those with no party affiliation, the negative (56%) outpaced the positive (26%).
By age, the positive assessment was highest among those in their 40s (55%) and lowest among those in their 20s (25%). Among those in their 20s, the negative assessment reached 53%, more than double the positive assessment.
Among respondents who gave a positive assessment, the economy and livelihoods (14%) were cited as the biggest reason, followed by diplomacy (13%) and "overall doing well" (10%). Those who gave a negative assessment most frequently pointed to real estate policy as the reason. Real estate policy (23%) was highest, followed by the economy and livelihoods (11%) and appointments (9%).
Gallup Korea said, "The rise in responses pointing to personnel issues appears to reflect the recent reshuffle of six Ministers," and analyzed that "real estate issues have consistently ranked among the top reasons for negative assessments since the fourth week of July."
The survey was conducted using a computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) with virtual wireless numbers from the three mobile carriers. The sampling error is ±3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. The response rate is 10.9%. For details, refer to the website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.