Governor Lee Jae-myung, Leading Provincial Administration Nationwide for 5 Months... 67.0%

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Lee Jae-myung, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, ranked first for five consecutive months with a support rate in the high 60% range in the evaluation of the job performance of 17 metropolitan and provincial governors nationwide during the 7th local government term.

It is considered an unprecedented and extremely unusual event that a metropolitan area leader in the Seoul Capital Area overcame relatively unfavorable polling conditions and ranked first nationwide for five consecutive months.

Polling agency Realmeter announced on the 6th that it conducted an evaluation of metropolitan governors in October through a random-dialing automated response telephone survey targeting 17,000 voters aged 18 and over nationwide in two rounds from September 21 to 27 and October 24 to 31, and that Lee Jae-myung, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, recorded a positive evaluation (support rate) of 67.0%, ranking first.

Thus, Governor Lee has maintained the top position in the nationwide governors' evaluation for five consecutive months since June. Notably, he is the only governor to record a support rate in the high 60% range in this evaluation. The second place was Kim Young-rok, Governor of Jeollanam-do (61.3%), and the third place was Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju (55.3%).

However, Governor Lee's job performance support rate was not good from the beginning. In July 2018, his first month in office, it was 29.2%, ranking last among the 17 metropolitan and provincial governors nationwide. Also, in September last year, a year ago, he remained outside the top 10 with 42.3%.

Afterwards, Governor Lee began to show strong momentum, and in February this year, he recorded 51.8% for the first time, successfully entering the 50% range. Then, in March, just one month later, his support rate soared to 60.6%, and since June, he has maintained a support rate around the 70% range for five consecutive months, ranking first among nationwide governors.

In the local political circles, this is interpreted as Governor Lee achieving strong results with powerful drive in highly tangible provincial administration such as illegal river valley maintenance projects and expansion of local currency, and gaining full sympathy and support from residents by strengthening universal rule of law and fair administration through the expansion of the Gyeonggi Province Special Judicial Police Unit.

In particular, it is analyzed that actively presenting a livelihood vision through Lee Jae-myung's pro-citizen economic policies such as 'basic income, basic housing, and basic loans' greatly contributed to driving the number one support rate.

Some also see that the results of the next presidential candidate support survey, which show higher ratings than the current leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, Lee Nak-yeon, had a considerable impact on this evaluation.

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