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Lee's approval rating edges down for 2nd consecutive week: poll
President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating fell to 51 percent this week, marking a third straight weekly decline, according to a Gallup Korea poll. Disapproval rose to 38 percent, with real estate policy cited as the top reason for negative assessments. The ruling Democratic Party's approval rose to 44 percent.
President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating edged down to 51 percent this week, a poll showed Friday, marking its third straight weekly decline. In a survey conducted by Gallup Korea from Tuesday through Thursday on 1,003 people aged 18 and older, 51 percent positively assessed Lee's management of state affairs, down 1 percentage point from a week earlier. The figure marked the third consecutive weekly decline from 54 percent recorded in the poll released July 3.
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The most recent survey, released Friday, shows a continuing downward trend in the president's approval rating. The poll places Lee's approval at 51 percent, down from 52 percent the previous week and 54 percent in early July. Disapproval rose to 38 percent, up 1 percentage point from the prior week. This report focuses on the latest weekly data, which reflects a third consecutive decline.
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President Lee's approval rating stood at 51 percent this week, down 1 percentage point from a week earlier, according to a Gallup Korea poll.
This marks the third consecutive weekly decline from 54 percent recorded in the poll released July 3.
Disapproval of Lee's performance rose to 38 percent, up 1 percentage point from the previous week.
Diplomacy was cited most frequently as the reason for the positive evaluation at 17 percent, followed by economy and people's livelihoods at 15 percent and overall performance at 9 percent.
Among the main reasons cited by those who viewed Lee unfavorably were real estate policies at 22 percent, followed by economic concerns, including the continued weakness of the local currency, at 10 percent.
Gallup said real estate policies topped the list of reasons for the negative assessment for the first time since Lee's administration took office in June last year.
In the same survey, the ruling Democratic Party's approval rose 4 percentage points to 44 percent from the previous week, while that of the main opposition People Power Party dropped 3 percentage points to 23 percent.
The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.
Perspectives
Government/Presidential perspective: President Lee signaled at a public discussion on real estate policy that there was broad consensus on raising property holding taxes to help stabilize runaway housing prices, indicating a possible policy direction that may address one of the main reasons for public dissatisfaction.
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ClaimPresident Lee Jae Myung's approval rating edged down to 51 percent this week, marking its third straight weekly decline.