Cho Kuk, head of the Innovation Policy Institute at the Rebuilding Korea Party, argued that President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating hitting a record low was the result of a strategy that excluded "Moon-Cho-Kim-Jung-Yoo" and centered on "New Lee Jae-myung."
On the 14th, Cho shared on Facebook a poll showing the president's approval rating at 33.8% and said it was "the result of a strategy to cast 'Moon-Cho-Kim-Jung-Yoo' as the enemy and to form a 'structural majority' centered on 'New Lee Jae-myung.'"
He added, "This is serious. Anyone who says that 'New Lee Jae-myung' alone will lead to success in state affairs, victory in the general election, and a return to power is a treacherous flatterer," and said, "Anyone who denies the liberal government's 'relay' and habitually foments factional infighting is a 'rebel vassal.'"
By "Moon-Cho-Kim-Jung-Yoo," Cho meant former President Moon Jae-in along with Cho Kuk, Kim Ou-joon, Jung Chung-rae, and Yoo Si-min. "New Lee Jae-myung" refers to the Democratic Party of Korea base that formed after President Lee Jae-myung won another term as party leader, or after he rose as the 21st presidential candidate. Cho saw the defection of the traditional base as directly causing the president's approval rating to fall.
According to a survey conducted by Realmeter at the request of Energy Economics News from the 7th to the 11th, the positive assessment of the president's job performance was tallied at 33.8%, down 3.6 percentage points from the previous week. The negative assessment was 63.3%, exceeding 60% for the first time since the inauguration. The gap between positive and negative assessments was 29.5 percentage points, outside the margin of error.
The survey was conducted via automated response on mobile phones with 2,515 voters aged 18 and older. The response rate was 4.5%, and the sampling error was ±2.0 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. Details are available on the website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.