Key facts
- Negative assessments of Lee's job performance rose 0.5 percentage point to 60.6 percent, Realmeter said.
- Realmeter said 3.4 percent of respondents were not sure about their assessment.
- Support for the Democratic Party fell 1.8 percentage points to 36.5 percent, Realmeter said.
- Support for the People Power Party fell 0.5 percentage point to 39.7 percent, Realmeter said.
- Realmeter attributed the decline to a standoff over a special counsel bill and to KOSPI volatility.
- Both surveys were commissioned by the Asia Business Daily, Realmeter said.
President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating fell to 35.9 percent, down 1 percentage point from the previous week, in a Realmeter poll of 2,528 adults conducted from November 2 to November 6, the pollster said on November 9. Negative assessments rose 0.5 percentage point to 60.6 percent, and 3.4 percent of respondents said they were not sure.
Realmeter attributed the decline to an intense political standoff between the ruling and main opposition parties over a bill calling for a special counsel investigation into alleged fabricated indictments targeting the president and others. The bill passed the National Assembly on November 6, led by the ruling Democratic Party. The pollster also cited a sharp fall in the KOSPI stock market index to below 5,000 points and other volatility in the financial sector.
Support for the Democratic Party came to 36.5 percent, down 1.8 percentage points, and support for the main opposition People Power Party came to 39.7 percent, down 0.5 percentage point, Realmeter said. That survey was conducted on 1,006 adults on November 5 and November 6.
Both surveys were commissioned by the Asia Business Daily. Realmeter gave margins of error of 1.9 points and 3.1 points, respectively, at a 95 percent confidence level.