South Korean poll: President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating drops below 40%, Han Dong-hoon ranks first in suitability for next president

The latest poll released by South Korea shows that the approval rate of current President Lee Jae-myung has dropped below 40%. Among the candidates who may compete for the next president, independent member Han Dongxun is the most popular.

"Seoul Economic Daily" reported that the survey results released by the polling agency Ace Research showed that South Korean people's trust level in President Lee Jae-myung was 39.1%, and the distrust level reached 59.2%. Compared with the August poll, the trust level dropped by 5.2 percentage points, while the distrust level increased by 7.7 percentage points.

This is the first time since Lee Jae-myung took office that the trust level fell below 40% in an Ace Research poll.

The poll also showed that in the survey on "the suitability of the next president", Han Dong-hoon ranked first with 18.1%, followed by Kim Min-seok, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, with 15.2%, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hun and National Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk ranked third and fourth with 10.5% and 10.2% respectively.

This Ace Research poll used structured questionnaires and automatic response system (ARS) questions. The survey date was September 28th and 29th. The sample was 1,010 Korean adults over 18 years old, all from wireless random dialing. The response rate was 2.7%. At the 95% confidence level, the sampling error was plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.