Realmeter puts approval of President Lee's performance at 37.3%

Approval of President Lee Jae-myung's performance rose for the first time in three weeks.

A survey released by Realmeter on the 19th put approval of President Lee's performance at 37.3% and disapproval at 60.4%. Commissioned by Asia Economy, it covered 2,520 people aged 18 and over nationwide on the 12th–16th; 2.3% answered that they did not know.

Compared with the previous week, approval rose 2.1 percentage points and disapproval fell 1.0 percentage point. The gap between approval and disapproval was 23.1 percentage points, outside the margin of error.

Regional increases in approval included 6.0 percentage points in Incheon and Gyeonggi, 3.6 percentage points in Daejeon, Sejong and Chungcheong, and 2.8 percentage points in Daegu and North Gyeongsang. By age, approval rose 8.1 percentage points among those aged 70 and older and 3.6 percentage points among those in their 60s.

Some groups recorded declines in approval. It fell 5.0 percentage points in South Jeolla, Gwangju and North Jeolla, and 3.3 percentage points among those in their 30s.

The party support survey covered 1,005 eligible voters aged 18 and over nationwide on the 15th–16th. Support for the People Power Party was 40.9%, while support for the Democratic Party of Korea was 36.2%.

Democratic Party support rose 0.7 percentage point from the previous week, while People Power Party support fell 0.4 percentage point. The gap between the two parties was 4.7 percentage points, remaining within the margin of error for a ninth consecutive week.

Both surveys used automated response calls (ARS) to randomly selected mobile phone numbers only, and each had a response rate of 2.7%. At the 95% confidence level, the sampling error was ±2.0 percentage points for presidential performance and ±3.1 percentage points for party support.