President Lee Jae-myung speaks at a meeting of senior aides held at the presidential office in Yongsan, Seoul on the 27th. [Joint Job Foundation, Yonhap News] 사진 확대 President Lee Jae-myung speaks at a meeting of senior aides held at the presidential office in Yongsan, Seoul on the 27th. [Joint Job Foundation, Yonhap News]

A poll showed that President Lee Jae-myung’s approval rating for state affairs recorded 60% for two consecutive weeks on the 28th.

According to Gallup Korea’s survey of 1,000 people aged 18 or older nationwide on their opinions on President Lee’s job performance from the 25th to the 27th, 60% of the respondents said they were doing “good.”

“I’m doing something wrong” rose 1 percentage point from last week to 31%. “Reserve opinion” was 9 per cent.

Lee’s approval rating fell from 63 percent in the first week of this month to 59 percent in the second week, but recovered to the 60 percent level in the third week, and has been maintained for two weeks.

Diplomacy ranked first after the previous week with 43 percent as the reason for positive evaluation of President Lee’s job performance. The response rate rose 9 percentage points from 34% the previous week to 43%.

It was followed by “economic and people’s livelihood (11%)” and “job skills and competence (6%).”

The reasons for the negative evaluation were ‘economic and people’s livelihood (14%), ‘morality issues and avoidance of own trial (12%), and ‘overall, they are not doing well’ (8%).

Political party support was tallied at 42% of the Democratic Party and 24% of the people’s power, respectively.

The Democratic Party of Korea’s approval rating fell by 1 percentage point from last week, and the public’s support for strength has been the same for three weeks.

The approval ratings of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party and the New Reform Party were 3% respectively, and the Progressive Party was 1%. There were 26% of non-partisan people.

Gallup Korea explained, “Since mid-August, support for the ruling party has continued to be around 40% and the mid-20% of the people’s power.”

The survey was conducted through a telephone investigator interview with a randomly extracted wireless phone virtual number. The sampling error is ±3.1 percentage points to the 95% confidence level, the contact rate is 44.9%, and the response rate is 11.9%.

For more information, visit the website of the Central Election Public Opinion Review Committee.