President Lee Jae Myung's approval climbs to 37.3% after two-week dip

A Realmeter poll of 2,520 adults nationwide, carried out from last Monday to Friday, indicates President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating rebounded to 37.3%, a 2.1-point increase from the previous week, while negative assessments fell to 60.4%. The pollster linked the rise to Lee’s policies aimed at improving housing and employment conditions and to government actions against violent crime following a stabbing incident in Incheon, west of Seoul.

However, a sharp decline in the stock market later in the week appears to have exerted downward pressure on his rating. In a related survey of 1,005 adults conducted Thursday-Friday, support for the ruling Democratic Party rose modestly to 36.2%, whereas backing for the opposition People Power Party slipped to 40.9%. Both surveys carry margins of error of 2 and 3.1 percentage points respectively at a 95% confidence level and were commissioned by Asia Business Daily.