President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating rises 2 points to 41%; Democratic Party 36%, People Power Party 28% [Gallup]

[Financial News] A poll released on the 6th found that President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating for his performance in office rose 2 percentage points (p) from the previous week to 41%.
According to the results of a Gallup Korea survey of 1,001 people aged 18 and older nationwide, conducted from the 3rd to the 5th, positive assessments of President Lee’s job performance stood at 41%. That was up 2 percentage points from the 39% recorded in the previous poll, released on the 30th of last month.
Negative assessments, saying he was doing a poor job, stood at 50%, while 9% had no opinion.
The most common reason for positive assessments was “foreign affairs,” at 18%. This was followed by “the economy and people’s livelihoods” at 15%, “communication” at 10%, “policies for ordinary people and welfare” at 8%, and “doing well overall” at 5%.
The most commonly cited reason for negative assessments was “real estate policy,” at 19%. “The economy and people’s livelihoods” followed at 13%, while “defense, national security and North Korea” and “ethical issues and evading his own trial” each stood at 8%.
The Democratic Party of Korea had 36% support and the People Power Party 28%. Support for the Democratic Party was up 1 percentage point from the previous week, while support for the People Power Party fell 2 points. The 8-point gap between the two parties widened beyond the margin of error again after two weeks.
The Rebuilding Korea Party had 3%, the Reform Party 2%, and the Progressive Party 1%. Independents accounted for 28%.
The poll was conducted through telephone interviews by interviewers using randomly selected virtual mobile phone numbers. The margin of sampling error is ±3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level; the contact rate was 40.8% and the response rate 9.7%. For more details, see the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission website.
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