President Lee's approval rating is 39%... Outside the margin of error for two weeks in a row, with 39% for the People Power Party and 26% for the National Power Party [Gallup Korea] (comprehensive)

A public opinion poll was released on the 13th showing that President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating for his administration fell slightly from last week, reaching the high 30% range.

According to a survey conducted by Gallup Korea on the 10th to 12th among 1,002 people over the age of 18 nationwide, 39% had a positive evaluation of President Lee's performance of his duties.

President Lee's approval rating for government affairs fell 2 percentage points (p) compared to the first week of November survey released on the 6th.

50% responded that they were ‘doing it wrong’ and 10% responded that they ‘reserved their opinion’.

The positive evaluation of government performance has fluctuated between 37 and 41% since it first entered the 30% range in the second week of September's survey (38%).

In Gwangju, Jeonnam and Jeonbuk (65%), the majority approval rating was maintained, and in Incheon and Gyeonggi (42%), the approval rating was in the 40% range.

On the other hand, it was only in the 30% range in Seoul (38%), Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam (36%), Daejeon, Sejong, and Chungcheong (33%), and in the 20% range in Daegu and Gyeongbuk (28%).

By age, the approval rating was more than half among those in their 50s (58%), and in the 40% range among those in their 40s (45%) and 60s (43%).

Among those aged 18 to 29 (24%) and those in their 30s (23%), the approval rating remained in the low to mid 20% range.

By ideological inclination, 65% of progressives and 38% of moderates evaluated President Lee's performance of state affairs positively.

The most common reason for positive evaluation was 'economy and people's livelihood' (19%), followed by 'diplomacy' (17%), 'communication' (9%), 'policy and welfare for the common people' (6%), and 'working hard and making efforts' (5%).

The reasons for the negative evaluation were 'real estate policy' (17%), 'economy and people's livelihood' (15%), 'morality issues and avoidance of trial' (12%), 'defense, security and North Korea' (7%), and 'generally wrong' (5%).

The approval rating for political parties was 39% for the Democratic Party of Korea and 26% for the People Power Party.

The Democratic Party rose 3% points compared to the previous week's survey, and the People Power Party fell 2% points, and the gap in approval ratings between the two parties (13% points) widened outside the margin of error for two weeks in a row.

The Democratic Party's approval rating was close to half among those in their 40s (52%) and 50s (49%), and also exceeded 40% among those in their 60s (42%).

The People Power Party showed an approval rating in the 30% range among those in their 60s (32%) and those in their 70s or older (38%).

The approval rating among those aged 18 to 29 was 24% for the Democratic Party and 28% for the People Power Party, and the approval rating for those in their 30s was 29% for the Democratic Party and 25% for the People Power Party. Shamans in their 20s were 42%, and those in their 30s were 39%.

By region, in Seoul, the Democratic Party was 38% and the People Power Party was 25%, and in Incheon and Gyeonggi, the Democratic Party was 39% and the People Power Party was 25%.

The approval rating for Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam was 41% for the Democratic Party and 27% for the People Power Party.

The Homeland Innovation Party was 4%, the New Reform Party 3%, the Progressive Party 1%, and those without a party were 27%.

As a result of asking about the favorability of the five political parties in the National Assembly, the results were 38% for the Democratic Party, 26% for the People Power Party, 19% for the Fatherland Innovation Party, 16% for the Progressive Party, and 10% for the New Reform Party.

Compared to the July survey immediately after the June 3 local elections, the Democratic Party's favorability rating decreased by 6 percentage points, but the People Power Party's favorability rating increased by 4 percentage points.

The Fatherland Reform Party fell by 1%p, the Progressive Party fell by 3%p, and the New Reform Party showed no change.

The New Reform Party had the highest unfavorable rating at 75%, followed by the Fatherland Reform Party (70%), the Progressive Party (69%), the People Power Party (67%), and the Democratic Party (52%).

Regarding the merger of the Democratic Party and the Innovation Party, 26% of respondents were in favor, 38% were against, and 36% had reservations.

Among Democratic Party supporters, there was an equal amount of approval (44%) and against (43%), while among Fatherland Innovation Party supporters, 70% were in favor of the merger and 19% were against it.

When asked whether independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon should be reinstated to the People Power Party, 29% were in favor, 40% were against, and 31% had reservations.

Looking at the People Power Party supporters alone, 48% were in favor and 39% were against.

Regarding the so-called 'special prosecution for fabricated indictments' that was passed through the National Assembly under the leadership of the ruling party, 44% of all respondents were in favor, 37% were opposed, and 20% had reservations.

70% of Democratic Party supporters, 82% of Fatherland Innovation Party supporters, and 69% of People Power Party supporters opposed the special prosecution.

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 43.9%, and the response rate is 10.1%. For more information, please refer to the National Election Opinion Survey Deliberation Committee website.