President Lee's approval rating is 44%... Democratic Party, 33%, lowest since the launch of the current government [NBS] (comprehensive)

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ryu Mina = The results of a public opinion poll were released on the 15th showing that 44% of people evaluated President Lee Jae-myung's state administration positively.

In the National Index Survey (NBS) conducted on the 12th to 13th by Embrain Public, K-Stat Research, Korea Research, and Korea Research among 1,000 people aged 18 or older and released on this day, the proportion of responses that evaluated President Lee's administration positively was calculated to be 44%, 1 percentage point (p) higher than the previous survey conducted two weeks ago.

The negative evaluation response was 49%, down 1 percentage point from the last survey.

By age, negative evaluations were dominant in all age groups except those in their 40s and 50s.

By ideological inclination, the positive evaluation (70%) was high among the progressive class, and the negative evaluation (74%) was high among the conservative class, while the positive evaluation was high at 48% and the negative evaluation at 45% among the moderate class.

47% of respondents said they ‘trusted’ President Lee in running state affairs, while 48% responded that they ‘did not trust’ him.

The approval rating by political party was 33% for the Democratic Party of Korea and 28% for the People Power Party.

The Democratic Party fell by 2 percentage points compared to the previous survey. Based on the NBS survey, the Democratic Party recorded its lowest approval rating since the inauguration of the current government. During the same period, the People Power Party rose 3% points.

Accordingly, the gap between the Democratic Party and the People Power Party also decreased from 10 percentage points to 5 percentage points. This is the smallest difference in the last six months.

The Fatherland Innovation Party was counted at 4%, the New Reform Party at 2%, and the Progressive Party at 1%. The response that ‘I support no political party’ was 28%.

Meanwhile, in an NBS opinion poll, when asked about the direction of response to the recent landmine explosion that occurred in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the opinion that 'the government should respond firmly to North Korea' (65%) was higher than the opinion that 'military tensions between South and North Korea should be lowered' (32%).

By ideological inclination, the 'firm response' response was higher among conservatives and moderates at 86% and 64%, respectively, while the 'relaxation of military tension' response was higher at 57% among progressives.

By age, the 'firm response' response was higher among those aged 18 to 29 (78%) and those in their 30s (80%) than other age groups.

The NBS survey was conducted through a phone interview using a mobile phone virtual number (100%), the sampling error was ±3.1%p at the 95% confidence level, and the response rate was 16.8%.

For more information, refer to the National Election Opinion Survey Deliberation Committee website.