President Lee's Approval Rating Hits Another Low at 37%, Disapproval Reaches 56%

A public opinion poll showed on Friday (September 18) that President Lee Jae-myung's job approval rating has hit a fresh low since taking office for the fourth consecutive week.

According to a survey conducted by Gallup Korea from September 15 to 17 on 1,002 eligible voters aged 18 and older nationwide, positive evaluation of President Lee's job performance fell 1 percentage point from the previous week to 37%.

President Lee's approval rating has broken its lowest record for four straight weeks based on Gallup Korea surveys.

On the other hand, negative evaluation rose 5 percentage points from the previous week to 56%, marking the highest level since he took office.

Seven percent of respondents reserved their opinion.

Among the reasons cited for positive evaluation, diplomacy was the highest at 26%.

The economy and people's livelihoods followed at 11%, and doing well overall stood at 6%.

Real estate policy was cited most frequently as the reason for negative evaluation, at 20%.

This was followed by personnel appointments at 16%, and the economy and people's livelihoods at 9%.

Real estate policy has consistently ranked as the top reason for disapproval in Gallup Korea surveys since the fourth week of July.

In party approval ratings, the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 40%, while the People Power Party stood at 27%.

The Democratic Party rose 2 percentage points from the previous week, while the People Power Party fell 2 percentage points.

The Rebuilding Korea Party and the Reform Party each garnered 3%, while the Progressive Party recorded 1%.

The proportion of unaffiliated voters was tallied at 25%.

The survey was conducted through telephone interviews by interviewers using randomly sampled virtual mobile phone numbers.

The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, with a contact rate of 45.4% and a response rate of 9.9%.

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