Lee's approval rating rises on summit achievements, economic policies: poll
President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating came to 36.9 percent last week, a poll showed Monday, rising slightly from a week earlier on the back of diplomatic achievements and economic policies but remaining below 40 percent for the 10th consecutive week. In the poll conducted on 2,515 adults nationwide from last Monday to Friday by Realmeter, positive assessments of Lee's job performance rose 1.6…
President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating has risen to 36.9 percent according to a poll released on Monday, a slight increase from the previous week, Realmeter reported. Conducted among 2,515 adults across the nation from Monday to Friday, the survey revealed that Lee's job performance rating had climbed by 1.6 percentage points, while his disapproval rating dropped by 2.2 percentage points to 60.1 percent.
The improvement in Lee's approval rating appears to be linked to diplomatic successes and positive economic indicators, such as a current account surplus and the government's plan to increase housing supply in the Seoul metropolitan region. The poll specifically highlighted the recent Korea-Germany summit as one of the diplomatic achievements influencing Lee's popularity.
It is worth noting that Lee's approval rating has consistently remained below 40 percent in Realmeter surveys since it fell from 38.9 percent to 36.9 percent between the fourth week of August and the present. In a separate survey of 1,005 adults conducted on Thursday and Friday, support for the ruling Democratic Party of Korea increased by 2.3 percentage points to 38.3 percent.
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