[Polpol News] President Lee's Approval Rating Rises for 3 Consecutive Weeks... Up 2.4%p from Last Week to 56.0%

President Lee's Approval Rating Rises for Third Consecutive Week
Democratic Party at 44.6%, People Power Party at 36.2% in Party Support Poll

A public opinion poll has found that President Lee Jaemyung's approval rating for his administration has risen for three consecutive weeks.

According to a poll released by Realmeter on September 8 (conducted at the request of Energy Economy News from September 1 to 5, targeting 2,519 eligible voters aged 18 and over nationwide, using an automated wireless telephone response system, with a margin of error of ±2.0 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, and a response rate of 4.1%), President Lee's approval rating was 56.0%, up 2.4 percentage points from the previous week. The percentage of respondents with a negative assessment of his administration was 39.2%, down 3.1 percentage points from the previous week.

Yonhap News Agency

Realmeter analyzed, "The declaration of a drought disaster in Gangneung, the classification of wage arrears as a serious crime, and directives to address regional price gouging-policies directly related to the livelihoods of ordinary citizens-appear to have had a positive impact."

In a separate party support survey (conducted at the request of Energy Economy News from September 4 to 5, targeting 1,005 eligible voters aged 18 and over nationwide, using an automated wireless telephone response system, with a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, and a response rate of 4.2%), support for the Democratic Party of Korea fell by 2.1 percentage points from the previous week to 44.6%, while support for the People Power Party rose by 0.1 percentage points to 36.2%.

The gap in support between the two parties narrowed from 10.6 percentage points last week to 8.4 percentage points this week.

For more detailed information about the poll, please refer to the website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.