40.2% approve of Lee’s performance as president as approval falls for sixth straight week, Realmeter poll shows
President Lee Jae Myung speaks during the 1st Anti-Corruption Policy Council meeting at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Thursday. (Yonhap) President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating fell 2.8 percentage points to 40.2 percent, the lowest since he took office, marking the sixth consecutive week of decline, a Realmeter poll showed Monday.
The poll, conducted Aug. 18-21 among 2,026 adults, found 56.9 percent disapproved of Lee’s performance, up 2.8 percentage points from the previous week.
Realmeter attributed the decline to growing distrust over the government’s housing policies, political clashes over judicial and constitutional issues, and security concerns following the scaling back of South Korea-US joint military exercises. The pollster said support among conservatives and those aged 70 and older had weakened.
The ruling Democratic Party of Korea also saw its support fall 6 percentage points to 41.9 percent, while the opposition People Power Party rose 4.5 points to 37.6 percent, according to a separate survey of 1,009 adults conducted Aug. 20-21.
Both surveys used wireless automated response systems. The presidential approval survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.
This article was written with the assistance of AI. — Ed.
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