[PollPoll News] President Lee Approval at 65%, Democratic Party at 46%... Slight Increase in Government and Party Ratings

Gallup Poll
Mixed Reviews on Real Estate Policy
"Drive and Sense of Speed" Top Reasons for Positive Evaluation

President Lee Jae Myung and the Democratic Party of Korea have seen a slight increase in their approval ratings. In the Democratic Party leadership race, Representative Jung Chungrae is currently leading Representative Park Chandae among Democratic Party supporters.

According to a public opinion poll released on the 4th by Gallup Korea (conducted from the 1st to the 3rd with 1,001 adults aged 18 or older nationwide via mobile phone interviews; margin of error is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level; response rate is 12.1%), 65% of respondents answered that President Lee is performing his presidential duties well. This is a 1 percentage point increase compared to last week's survey. The percentage of those who answered "not doing well" was 23%, which is a 2 percentage point increase from the previous survey.

President Lee Jae Myung is speaking at a press conference titled "The President's 30 Days, Media Asks and the People Answer" held on the 3rd at the Blue House State Guesthouse. Photo by Yonhap News

Among those who gave a positive evaluation (648 people), 15% cited "drive, execution, and sense of speed," 13% cited "economy and people's livelihood," and 10% cited "communication" as their reasons. Among those who gave a negative evaluation (228 people), 14% pointed to "excessive welfare and livelihood support funds," 11% to "diplomacy," 11% to "issues of morality and lack of qualification," 10% to "personnel appointments," and 10% to "real estate policy and loan regulations." Notably, real estate policy was mentioned as both a reason for positive and negative evaluations. Among those who positively evaluated the president's performance, 4% cited real estate policy.

In terms of party support, the Democratic Party's approval rating rose by 3 percentage points to 46%. The People Power Party's approval rating fell by 1 percentage point to 22%.

With the party convention scheduled for August, support for Representative Jung in the Democratic Party leadership race stood at 32%, while support for Representative Park was 28%. However, when limited to Democratic Party supporters (457 people; margin of error ±4.6 percentage points), Jung's support was 47% and Park's was 38%.

For more details regarding the public opinion poll, please refer to the website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.