President Lee's approval rating is 41%... The gap is beyond error, with 36% for the former and 28% for the National Power Party [Gallup Korea]

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.

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 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 approval rating gap (8% point) between the two parties widened outside the margin of error again for the first time in two weeks.

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

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.