[Pol-Pol News] Lee Jaemyung's Approval Rating at 62.2%... Remains in the 60% Range for 7 Weeks

President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating for his job performance has declined slightly but has remained in the 60% range for seven consecutive weeks. President Lee's approval rating was found to be higher than his disapproval rating in all regions, including Daegu and Gyeongbuk (TK).

According to the regular job performance evaluation survey of President Lee released by the polling agency Realmeter on April 27 (conducted at the request of Energy Economy Newspaper, using an automated response system based on wireless telephone RDD, targeting 2,509 men and women aged 18 and older nationwide from April 20 to 24; margin of error is ±2.0 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, response rate 5.4%), President Lee's approval rating was tallied at 62.2%, down 3.3 percentage points from the previous week. The disapproval rating was 33.4%, up 3.4 percentage points.

President Lee Jae-myung is speaking at the Korea-Vietnam Business Forum held at a hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam on the 23rd (local time). Photo by Yonhap News Agency

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Realmeter explained, "Despite positive signals from President Lee's overseas diplomacy including the successful Korea-India and Korea-Vietnam summits and the KOSPI hitting a record high, the approval rating appears to have been adjusted downward as the burden on people's livelihoods has increased due to high oil prices and inflation caused by the aftermath of the Middle East war. In addition, the decline in approval was further pressured by heightened security risks, such as the controversy over Minister of Unification Jeong Dong-young's remarks regarding 'core nuclear facilities.'"

By region, Gwangju and Honam recorded an approval rating of 82.9%, while TK also showed 50.4%.

In the party approval ratings survey (conducted at the request of Energy Economy Newspaper, using an automated response system based on wireless telephone RDD, targeting 1,006 men and women aged 18 and older nationwide from April 23 to 24; margin of error is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, response rate 4.3%), the Democratic Party of Korea's approval rating rose by 0.8 percentage points to 51.3%. The People Power Party fell by 0.7 percentage points to 30.7%. The Reform New Party recorded 3.6%, and the Cho Kuk Innovation Party recorded 2.5%.

For more details on the poll, refer to the website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.

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