Lee's approval rating edges down to new low: poll

President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating has plummeted to a record low of 43 percent, according to a recent poll. This marks the fifth consecutive weekly decrease in his support. The decline was determined through a Realmeter survey of 2,511 voters conducted from last Monday to Friday. The poll was commissioned by a local newspaper, revealing that Lee's approval rating has dropped by 0.3 percentage points compared to the previous week.

A majority of respondents, 54.1 percent, expressed a negative view of Lee's job performance, a 1.1 percentage point increase from the prior week. Interestingly, this negative sentiment remains above his overall approval rating. The most significant drop in Lee's support was observed among voters in their 60s, with their approval rating falling by 6.1 percentage points to 43.1 percent.

Conversely, Lee's approval rating among younger voters in their 20s improved by 3.1 percentage points to 31 percent. However, the poll also revealed a shift in voter preferences based on political leanings. Lee's approval rating among progressive voters fell by 4.6 percentage points to 59.1 percent, while it rose by 4.8 percentage points to 22.4 percent among conservative voters.

Realmeter attributes this latest decline in Lee's approval rating to voter dissatisfaction with the government's recent revisions to real estate tax codes.