A poll showed on the 28th that President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating was 42%, the lowest since t..

Negative assessment topped 50% for the first time
Reason for denial
Real estate policy
Party support, 39% democracy, 25% national power

사진 확대 President Lee Jae Myung is giving a greeting at a luncheon meeting hosted by the 9th popular mayor, county head, and district head held at Cheong Wa Dae on the 27th. [Blue House Press Photo Reporters]

A poll showed on the 28th that President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating was 42%, the lowest since taking office.

When Gallup Korea asked 1,001 voters aged 18 or older across the country from the 25th to the 27th (August 4th), whether President Lee is currently performing well as president, 42 percent of the respondents said he is doing well, down 3 percentage points from the previous week.

The negative evaluation of “doing wrong” was 50%, up 5 percentage points from the previous survey. Eight percent held back their opinion. Positive evaluation is the lowest since taking office, and negative evaluation is the highest. This is also the first time that negative ratings have exceeded 50%.

As a result of asking the president’s affirmative evaluator of job performance, they cited diplomacy (16%), economy/people’s livelihood (11%), communication (10%), “good overall,” “real estate policy” (7% or more), “common people’s policy/welfare,” “job ability/competence” (6% or more), and “working hard/trying” (4%).

The negative evaluators chose “real estate policy” (27%), “reduction of prosecution authority,” “economy/people’s livelihood,” “morality problem/avoidance of one’s own trial” (7% or more), “overall bad,” “defense/security,” “dictatorship/dictatorship” (5% or more), and “lack of integration and cooperation” (4%). The real estate problem has been the most common reason for negative evaluation since the fourth week of July.

The Democratic Party of Korea’s support for political parties was 39%, down 2 percentage points from the previous survey, and the power of the people was 25%, the same as the previous survey. The gap in approval ratings between the two parties has narrowed to 14 percentage points.

It was followed by the Cho Kuk Innovation Party at 4%, the Reform New Party at 3%, and the Progressive Party at 1%. 26% of non-partisan groups have no supporting parties.

The survey was conducted by randomly extracting virtual numbers of wireless phones provided by three mobile telecommunications companies and interviewing phone investigators.

The sampling error is ±3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. The response rate was 10.5 percent. Details can be found on the website of the Central Public Opinion Review Committee.