Key facts
- Lee's disapproval rating rose 3 percentage points to 47%, while approval fell 2 points to 44%, per the National Barometer Survey.
- 51% of respondents said Lee should scale back social media use for policy communication; 42% supported it, the survey showed.
- Support for the ruling Democratic Party fell 1 point to 35%; the People Power Party was unchanged at 25%.
- The poll of 1,001 adults has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.
President Lee Jae Myung's disapproval rating rose to 47 percent this week, surpassing his approval rating, according to a National Barometer Survey poll released on November 12. The survey of 1,001 adults nationwide was conducted from November 9 to November 11.
Positive assessments of Lee's job performance fell 2 percentage points to 44 percent from two weeks earlier, while negative assessments rose 3 percentage points to 47 percent. Lee's disapproval rating had remained higher than his approval rating for several weeks before the trend reversed in the previous poll.
The survey also showed that 51 percent of respondents said Lee should scale back his use of social media to communicate directly with the public on policy direction, citing concerns that remarks made "without sufficient deliberation" could cause confusion. Another 42 percent supported his use of social media for communication.
Support for the ruling Democratic Party fell 1 percentage point to 35 percent, while support for the main opposition People Power Party remained unchanged at 25 percent. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.