President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating reached 58.2%, according to a poll released on the 23rd.
The survey, conducted by polling firm Realmeter on behalf of Energy Economy News on the 19th and 20th of last month among 1,000 voters nationwide, showed President Lee's approval rating rose 1.7 percentage points from the previous week. His approval has climbed for four consecutive weeks, approaching the 60% threshold.
"The record-breaking stock market rally, including the KOSPI breaking through the 5,800 level, and the government's commitment to real estate normalization through regulations on multi-home owner lending drove the rating increase," Realmeter said.
Negative assessments fell 1.7 percentage points to 37.2%. Those responding "don't know" accounted for 4.6%.
In the party approval survey conducted on the 19th and 20th, the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 48.6% while the People Power Party stood at 32.6%. The Democratic Party's support rose 3.8 percentage points from the previous week, while the People Power Party fell 3.5 percentage points. The gap between the two parties widened from 8.7 percentage points to 16 percentage points, remaining outside the margin of error for four consecutive weeks.
"The Democratic Party benefited from synergy between its anti-Yoon offensive—including pushing for a pardon prohibition law following former President Yoon Seok-yeol's life sentence—and President Lee's real estate normalization stance," Realmeter said. "The People Power Party's decline is attributed to intensifying internal strife over Chairman Jang Dong-hyuk's refusal to distance himself from former President Yoon amid the guilty verdict, compounded by backlash over his ownership of six properties and the party's opposition to multi-home owner regulations."
Other parties recorded: Rebuilding Korea Party at 3.3%, Reform Party at 2.4%, Progressive Party at 1.4%, and others at 2.2%.
The survey was conducted over two days on the 19th and 20th among 1,000 eligible voters aged 18 and older nationwide. The response rate was 4.2%, with a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. The survey used wireless (100%) RDD automated response methodology. Details are available on the National Election Survey Deliberation Committee website.