Lee's approval rating falls for 2nd straight week: poll
President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating fell for the second consecutive week to 35.2 percent, a poll showed Monday, amid controversies over judicial independence and last month's mine blast near the border. In the poll conducted on 1,504 adults nationwide from last Tuesday to Thursday by Realmeter, positive assessments of Lee's job performance fell by 2.2 percentage points from the previous…
President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating took a nosedive for the second week in a row, according to a poll released on Monday. The poll, conducted among 1,504 adults nationwide from last Tuesday to Thursday, showed Lee's approval rating dropping to 35.2 percent. This decline was due to a number of controversies that dominated parliamentary audits.
The negative assessments of Lee's job performance increased by 1.6 percentage points to 61.4 percent, as positive assessments dropped by 2.2 percentage points from the previous week. The controversies surrounding judicial independence, disputes between rival parties over mine explosions in the Demilitarized Zone, and rising rental and housing prices in the Seoul metropolitan area all played a role in the decline.
A separate survey conducted on 1,004 adults last Wednesday and Thursday revealed that support for the ruling Democratic Party fell by 7 percentage points to 35.5 percent, while the main opposition People Power Party saw a rise of 2.9 percentage points to 41.3 percent.
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