Gwangju Mayor Lee Yong-seop Ranks First in Job Performance Evaluation Among Nationwide Metropolitan Leaders

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, ranked first in the nationwide metropolitan mayors' job performance evaluation.

According to the '2021 First Half Nationwide City and Province Governors' Job Performance Evaluation' announced by Gallup Korea on the 22nd, Mayor Lee's positive job performance rating was 59%, the highest among special and metropolitan cities. This figure exceeds the national average of 54%.

Second place was Oh Se-hoon, Mayor of Seoul Metropolitan City, with 56%, followed by Heo Tae-jeong, Mayor of Daejeon Metropolitan City, and Park Hyung-joon, Mayor of Busan Metropolitan City, both at 53%.

Considering all metropolitan local government heads, Lee was ranked third after Lee Jae-myung, Governor of Gyeonggi Province (72%), and Kim Young-rok, Governor of Jeonnam Province (67%).

Mayor Lee received positive evaluations from 61% of women, and by age group, 66% in their 40s, 63% in their teens and 20s, and 60% aged 60 and above.

In the Gwangju area, despite being a traditional stronghold of the Democratic Party, 62% of centrists and 59% of conservatives evaluated his job performance positively.

Meanwhile, Gallup Korea conducted this survey from January to June (May to June for Seoul and Busan) targeting 19,128 people aged 18 and over nationwide, using mobile phone RDD telephone interviews.

The sampling error is ±1.3 to 8.8 percentage points at a 95% confidence level across 17 cities and provinces, with a response rate of 15%. Detailed survey results can be found on the Gallup Korea or the Central Election Survey Deliberation Commission websites.

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