Lee's approval rating falls below 40% for 1st time: poll
Summary
President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating fell below 40 percent for the first time since he took office in June last year, a Realmeter poll showed Monday. The survey, commissioned by the EKN newspaper, put his positive rating at 38.9 percent, down 1.3 percentage points, while negative assessment rose to 58.7 percent. Realmeter linked the decline to housing-price dissatisfaction, the presidential office’s refusal to appoint a Supreme Court justice nominee, and distrust of the police after a missing woman case in Jeju. A separate poll found the ruling Democratic Party of Korea at 43.1 percent and the People Power Party at 37.7 percent.
Key Facts
- The Realmeter survey covered 2,509 respondents aged 18 and older and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.
- Lee’s approval rating was 38.9 percent, down 1.3 percentage points from the previous week, while disapproval was 58.7 percent, up 1.8 percentage points.
- A separate Realmeter poll of 1,006 adults on Thursday and Friday found the Democratic Party of Korea at 43.1 percent, up 1.2 percentage points, and the People Power Party at 37.7 percent, up 0.1 percentage point.
- That second poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.
- Earlier this month, Lee’s office decided not to nominate one of two Supreme Court justice candidates recommended by the chief justice after the recommendations were made without prior consultations with the office.
President Lee Jae Myung speaks during an emergency meeting in Seoul, Thursday, after nine South Koreans went missing in massive floods in Nepal the previous day. Yonhap
President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating fell below the 40 percent mark for the first time since he took office in June last year, a survey showed Monday, amid public dissatisfaction over housing policy.
According to the survey conducted by Realmeter and commissioned by the EKN newspaper among 2,509 respondents aged 18 and older, 38.9 percent gave a positive assessment of Lee's performance, down 1.3 percentage points from the previous week, while 58.7 percent gave a negative assessment, up 1.8 percentage points.
Realmeter attributed the decline to growing public dissatisfaction over housing prices and controversy over the presidential office's refusal to appoint a Supreme Court justice nominee, as well as public distrust of the police following a missing woman incident on the southern island of Jeju.
Earlier this month, Lee's office decided not to nominate one of two Supreme Court justice candidates recommended by the chief justice after the recommendations were made without prior consultations with the office.
The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.
In a separate survey conducted by the same pollster on 1,006 individuals aged 18 and over on Thursday and Friday, the approval rating for the ruling Democratic Party of Korea rose 1.2 percentage points from a week earlier to 43.1 percent.
The approval rating for the main opposition People Power Party also rose 0.1 percentage point to 37.7 percent.
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, with a confidence level of 95 percent.
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