▲ President Lee Jae-myung
A public opinion poll released today (October 23) showed that President Lee Jae-myung's job approval rating has rebounded to the 40% range.
In Gallup Korea's survey, returning to the 40% range marks the first time in seven weeks since the first week of September (40%).
According to the survey conducted by Gallup Korea from October 20 to 22 among 1,001 eligible voters aged 18 and older nationwide, President Lee's approval rating rose 1 percentage point from the previous week's survey to 40%.
Negative evaluation fell 2 percentage points from the previous survey to record 50%.
Ten percent of respondents reserved their opinions.
Regarding the reasons cited for positive job evaluations, "diplomacy" (21%) ranked the highest, followed by "the economy and people's livelihoods" (14%) and "communication" (7%).
Among the reasons for negative evaluation, "real estate policy" (18%) was cited the most.
Real estate issues have consistently ranked as the top concern since the fourth week of July.
Other cited reasons included "the economy and people's livelihoods" (16%) and "national defense, security, and North Korea policy" (10%).
In party support ratings, the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 37% and the People Power Party posted 28%.
Both the Democratic Party and the People Power Party rose 1 percentage point from the previous survey.
The Rebuilding Korea Party registered 3%, the Reform Party 2%, and the Progressive Party 1%.
Respondents with no political party affiliation accounted for 27%.
The survey was conducted through telephone interviews by trained interviewers using randomly generated virtual mobile phone numbers.
The margin of error is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, with a contact rate of 41.3% and a response rate of 10.6%.
Further details can be found on the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission website.
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