In an evaluation of President Lee Jae-myung's job performance, the positive rating hit a low of 38%, a poll showed. The negative rating came in at 51%, more than half. The most-cited reasons for saying President Lee is not doing a good job were "real estate" and "appointments."
Korea Gallup said on the 11th that in a survey of 1,000 people nationwide aged 18 and older conducted on the 8th to 10th, the positive rating for the president's job performance was 38%. That is down 2 percentage points (p) from the previous survey (the first week of September). The negative rating was 51%, the same as the previous survey.
By region, "doing a poor job" outweighed other views in all areas except Honam. In Seoul, positives were 29% and negatives 60%, a gap of 31 percentage points. Elsewhere, Incheon/Gyeonggi (positive 38%/negative 51%), Chungcheong region (positive 38%/negative 50%), Daegu/Gyeongbuk (positive 34%/negative 54%), and Busan/Ulsan/Gyeongnam (positive 35%/negative 54%) also had higher negative ratings. Honam recorded 60% positive and 27% negative.
By age, negative ratings led across all age groups. Among those in their 70s and older, positives were 31% and negatives 56%, the largest gap at 22 percentage points. Negative ratings were 44% among those 18–29, 52% in their 30s, 46% in their 40s, 50% in their 50s, and 58% in their 60s. By the gap between positive and negative ratings, those 18–29 were at 13 percentage points and those in their 30s at 17 percentage points.
By party support, supporters of the Democratic Party of Korea were 72% positive and 22% negative. Supporters of the People Power Party were 7% positive and 88% negative, and among those with no party affiliation, the negative rating exceeded half at 51%. By political orientation, among moderates, positives were 37% and negatives 50%, showing a stronger perception that President Lee is "doing a poor job."
As reasons for negatively evaluating the president's job performance, "real estate" and "appointments" accounted for a large share. Specifically, "real estate policy" was 24%, "appointments" 16%, "economy/people's livelihoods" 10%, "ethics issues/evading own trial" 6%, and "generally doing poorly" 4%, in that order. Among these, "appointments" rose by 7 percentage points from the previous survey, the largest increase.
Positive ratings were led by "diplomacy" at 19%, followed by "economy/people's livelihoods" at 13%, "generally doing well" at 6%, "communication" at 5%, and "job competence" at 5%. Among these, "diplomacy" increased the most from the previous survey, by 6 percentage points. In contrast, "generally doing well" fell by 4 percentage points from the prior survey.
In party support, the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 38%, the same as the previous survey. The People Power Party was 29%, down 1 percentage point from the prior survey. Elsewhere, the Rebuilding Korea Party was 2%, the Reform Party 3%, and The Progressive Party 2%. Those with no party affiliation were 26%.
This survey was conducted using computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) with randomly generated virtual wireless numbers provided by the three mobile carriers. The response rate was 9.4%, with a margin of sampling error of ±3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. For details, refer to the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.