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President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating has dropped to 38.9%. According to a Realmeter survey, this marks his lowest rating since taking office and the first time it has fallen into the 30% range. Analysts point to real estate policies and growing distrust of the police stemming from a missing person case in Jeju as contributing factors.
Reporter Kang Min-u has the details.
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In a survey conducted by Realmeter of 2,509 adults aged 18 and older nationwide from the 24th to the 28th, positive evaluations of President Lee Jae-myung's state affairs stood at 38.9%, while negative evaluations were 58.7%.
The president's approval rating fell by 1.3 percentage points from 40.2% the previous week.
Based on Realmeter's weekly surveys, this marks a seven-week consecutive decline, hitting a record low and dipping into the 30% range for the first time.
Changes were also analyzed by age group and region compared to the previous week's survey.
People in their 50s saw a large drop of 7.5 percentage points, followed by those in their 40s with a 3.1 percentage point decline, while those in their 20s and younger, 60s, and 70s and older saw drops of less than 2 percentage points.
Conversely, the approval rating among those in their 30s rose by 8.8 percentage points.
Regionally, ratings fell by 8.5 percentage points in the Chungcheong region and 4.1 percentage points in the Honam region.
In the capital area, Seoul saw a 0.3 percentage point drop, while Incheon and Gyeonggi Province experienced a 1.5 percentage point increase.
Realmeter analyzed that the deterioration of public sentiment regarding real estate due to housing prices and jeonse/wolse (lease and monthly rent) issues, controversies surrounding the appointment of a Supreme Court justice nominee, and distrust of the police over the Jeju missing person case were the main factors behind the decline.
The presidential office stated, "We will place the highest priority on people's livelihoods and the economy, closely examining overall state affairs to ensure that improvements in people's lives can be genuinely felt, and we will do our best to deliver tangible results."
Some officials within the presidential office expressed expectations that approval ratings might recover in the next survey, noting that this poll did not reflect public sentiment regarding the cabinet reshuffle announced yesterday (the 30th).
(Video by Ha Ryung and Yoon Hyung | Video Editing by Lee Seung-jin | Graphics by Choi Jae-young)
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