President Lee's approval rating is 35.9%... Democratic Party 36.5%, National Power Party 39.7%, within the margin of error [Real Meter]

The results of a public opinion poll were released on the 9th showing that President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating for his administration has fallen slightly in one week, reaching the mid-30% range.

According to a survey of 2,528 people over the age of 18 nationwide conducted by Realmeter on the 2nd to 6th at the request of Asia Economy, the positive evaluation of President Lee's performance of state affairs was calculated to be 35.9%, down 1.0 percentage points from last week.

Negative evaluation was 60.6%, up 0.5 percentage points from the previous week. ‘I don’t know’ was 3.4%.

Realmeter analyzed, “While the confrontation between the ruling and opposition parties has intensified due to the enforcement of the special prosecution law on fabricated prosecutions, the approval rating for the government appears to have fallen due to financial market instability, such as the stock market plunge following the collapse of the KOSPI 5,000 mark in the second half of the week and the controversy over the loss of the national pension.”

In a political party approval survey conducted on the 5th and 6th among 1,006 people over the age of 18 nationwide, the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 36.5% and the People Power Party recorded 39.7%.

The gap between the two parties was 3.2% points, which was within the margin of error.

The Democratic Party fell 1.8 percentage points compared to the last survey, and the People Power Party fell 0.5 percentage points.

The Fatherland Reform Party was 6.9%, the New Reform Party was 2.7%, and the Progressive Party was 1.1%. Other political parties were surveyed at 2.0%, and independents were at 11.1%.

The sampling error for the survey on the approval of the president's performance of state affairs was ±1.9%p at the 95% confidence level, and the response rate was 3.0%. The sampling error for the party support survey was ±3.1%p at the 95% confidence level, and the response rate was 3.2%. Both surveys were conducted using a 100% wireless automated response (ARS) method. For more information, please refer to the National Election Opinion Survey Deliberation Committee website.