A poll result released on the 23rd showed that 6 out of 10 people evaluate President Lee Jae-myung's performance positively in the second week of his inauguration.
According to a poll conducted by Realmeter at the request of the Energy Economics Newspaper between the 16th and 20th, 59.3% of the 2,514 men and women aged 18 and older nationwide responded that he is doing well, while 33.5% said he is not doing well. The response of 'don't know' was 7.2%.
The positive evaluation increased by 0.7 percentage points compared to the previous week, while the negative evaluation decreased by 0.7 percentage points. Realmeter analyzed that "the approval rating rose due to favorable conditions such as the G7 summit participation early in the week and the KOSPI index surpassing 3000, but the upward trend was hindered later in the week as controversies surrounding the verification of Prime Minister candidate Kim Min-seok and overheating of the real estate market emerged."
By region, Gwangju and Jeolla had the highest positive evaluation at 78.9%, followed by Jeju (64.8%) and Incheon and Gyeonggi (62.3%). All regions except Daegu and North Gyeongsang had positive evaluations exceeding 50%.
By age group, the 40s (73.3%) and 50s (70.2%) had the highest positive evaluations, while those in their 30s (54.9%) also recorded a majority. In contrast, the positive evaluation among those in their 20s was the lowest at 49.6%.
Regarding future performance projections for President Lee, 60.5% responded that he will do well, which is an increase of 1.1 percentage points from the previous week. The response indicating he will not do well was 34.3%, a decrease of 0.6 percentage points. 'Don't know' responses accounted for 5.3%.
Meanwhile, in a political party approval rating survey conducted on the 19th and 20th (targeting 1,008 people aged 18 and older nationwide), the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 48.4%, down 1.5 percentage points from the previous week, while the People Power Party rose by 1.0 percentage point to 31.4%. The gap between the two parties narrowed from 19.5 percentage points to 17.0 percentage points. The Reform Party had 4.9%, the Rebuilding Korea Party 2.9%, and The Progressive Party 1.6%.
Both surveys were conducted via 100% automated response methods, with the presidential job performance survey having a margin of error of ±2.0 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, and the political party approval survey having a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points. The response rates were 6.2% and 5.6%, respectively. More detailed information can be found on the website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Committee.