Lee's approval rating remains below 50 pct for 2nd straight week: poll

Go to Contents Go to Navigation Facebook X More Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger Copy URL URL is copied. OK SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating has fallen for six consecutive weeks to 46.5 percent, a poll showed Monday.

In the poll commissioned by the EKN newspaper and conducted by Realmeter, Lee's approval rating went down 0.2 percentage point from a week earlier last week, while disapproval of his performance also fell 0.2 percentage point to 49.

5 percent. It marked the second consecutive week that Lee's approval rating stayed below 50 percent in a Realmeter poll. Realmeter attributed the decline to the prolonged controversy over the National Election Commission's mishandling of ballots during the June 3 local elections and growing concerns over the economy and people's livelihoods, as well as political disputes over the planned abolition of the prosecution's right to conduct supplementary investigations.

The weekly survey, conducted on 2,502 people aged 18 and older from Monday to Friday, had a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level. In a separate survey conducted by the same pollster, support for the ruling Democratic Party rose 0.9 percentage point from a week earlier to 41 percent, while support for the main opposition People Power Party fell 0.

3 percentage point to 42 percent. The poll, conducted on 1,002 individuals aged 18 and over Thursday and Friday, had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, with a confidence level of 95 percent.

President Lee Jae Myung attends a meeting with representatives of defense companies at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on June 26, 2026, to discuss strategies for beefing up the defense industry. (Pool photo) (Yonhap) julesyi@yna.co.

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Thanks for your feedback! CLOSE SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating has fallen for six consecutive weeks to 46.5 percent, a poll showed Monday.

In the poll commissioned by the EKN newspaper and conducted by Realmeter, Lee's approval rating went down 0.2 percentage point from a week earlier last week, while disapproval of his performance also fell 0.2 percentage point to 49.

5 percent. It marked the second consecutive week that Lee's approval rating stayed below 50 percent in a Realmeter poll. Realmeter attributed the decline to the prolonged controversy over the National Election Commission's mishandling of ballots during the June 3 local elections and growing concerns