President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating for state affairs stood at 55%, according to a public opinion poll released on the 16th.
In the National Barometer Survey (NBS) conducted by Embrain Public, Kstat Research, Korea Research, and Hankook Research over three days from the 13th to the 15th of this month, targeting 1,000 men and women aged 18 and older living nationwide, the share of respondents who rated President Lee as "doing well" was 55%, down 3 percentage points from the previous survey. Negative assessments, meanwhile, came in at 34%, down 1 percentage point from the previous survey.
The share of respondents who said they "trust" President Lee's handling of state affairs was 56%, unchanged from the previous survey. In contrast, those who said they "do not trust" him fell 1 percentage point to 36%.
In the party support survey, the Democratic Party stood at 38%, down 4 percentage points from the previous survey. The People Power Party, by contrast, rose 2 percentage points from the previous survey to 22%. The Democratic Party led the People Power Party in all regions except Daegu-North Gyeongsang and Busan-Ulsan-South Gyeongsang. Elsewhere, the Reform Party recorded 3%, the Rebuilding Korea Party 2%, and the Progressive Party 2%.
The NBS survey was conducted through telephone interviews using mobile phone virtual numbers (100%), with a sampling error of ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. The response rate was 16.4%. For details, refer to the website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.
