President Lee's approval rating rose by 2 percentage points to 41%... Gap 36%, Gukpower 28%, gap beyond error [Gallup Korea] (comprehensive)

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Oh Gyu-jin = A public opinion poll was released on the 6th showing that President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating for his administration has rebounded slightly from last week, returning to the 40% level in two weeks.

According to a survey conducted by Gallup Korea on the 3rd to 5th among 1,001 people over the age of 18 nationwide, 41% had a positive evaluation of President Lee's performance of his duties.

President Lee's approval rating for state administration rose by 2 percentage points (p) compared to the 5th week of October survey released on the 30th of last month.

50% of respondents said they were ‘doing it wrong’. ‘Opinion reserved’ was 9%.

The positive evaluation of state affairs performance has fluctuated between 37 and 40% since it first entered the 30% range in the second week of September survey (38%).

The majority approval rating was maintained in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do and Jeonbuk (68%), and in Incheon and Gyeonggi (41%) and Busan, Ulsan and Gyeongnam (42%), approval ratings were in the 40% range.

On the other hand, it was only in the 30% range in Daejeon, Sejong, and Chungcheong (36%) and Seoul (34%), and in the 20% range in Daegu and Gyeongbuk (26%).

By age, the approval rating was more than half among those in their 40s (55%), and in the 40% range among those in their 50s (48%) and 60s (40%).

Among those aged 18 to 29 (28%) and those in their 30s (32%), the approval rating remained around 30%.

By ideology, 71% of progressives and 42% of moderates evaluated President Lee's performance of state affairs positively.

The most common reason for a positive evaluation was 'diplomacy' (18%), followed by 'economy and people's livelihood' (15%), 'communication' (10%), 'policy and welfare for the common people' (8%), and 'generally doing well' (5%).

The reasons for the negative evaluation were 'real estate policy' (19%), 'economy and people's livelihood' (13%), 'defense, security and North Korea', and 'morality issues and avoidance of trial' (8%).

In terms of political party support, the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 36% and the People Power Party recorded 28%.

The Democratic Party rose 1% point compared to the previous week's survey, and the People Power Party fell 2% point, and the gap in approval ratings (8% points) between the two parties widened again outside the margin of error.

The Homeland Innovation Party was 3%, the New Reform Party 2%, the Progressive Party 1%, and independents were 28%.

The Democratic Party's approval rating was close to half among those in their 40s (49%) and 50s (42%), while the People Power Party's approval rating exceeded 40% among those in their 70s and older (42%).

The approval rating among those aged 18 to 29 was 24% for the Democratic Party and 26% for the People Power Party, and the approval rating for those in their 30s was 25% for the Democratic Party and 28% for the People Power Party.

This survey was conducted using telephone interview methods using randomly selected wireless phone virtual numbers. The sampling error is ±3.1p at the 95% confidence level, the contact rate is 40.8%, and the response rate is 9.7%. For more information, please refer to the National Election Opinion Survey Deliberation Committee website.