{"id":12193,"date":"2026-10-29T03:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T03:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=12193"},"modified":"2026-10-29T03:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T03:40:16","slug":"lees-approval-rating-rises-to-46-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=12193","title":{"rendered":"Lee’s approval rating rises to 46%: poll"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Lee Jae Myung delivers a eulogy during a memorial event for victims of the 2022 crowd crush in the capital’s Itaewon district as the country marks the fourth anniversary of the tragedy, Seoul, Thursday. Pool photo- Yonhap<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating rose to 46 percent this week, surpassing his disapproval rating for the first time in nearly two months, a biweekly poll showed Thursday.<\/p>\n

In a survey of 1,000 adults nationwide conducted Monday through Wednesday, positive assessments of Lee’s job performance rose 2 percentage points from two weeks earlier, according to the National Barometer Survey (NBS).<\/p>\n

Negative assessments fell 5 percentage points to 44 percent.<\/p>\n

Lee’s approval rating last exceeded his disapproval rating in late August, when positive assessments stood at 50 percent. It then fell to a record low of 43 percent for two consecutive surveys in mid-September and the first week of October, before rising to 44 percent in the previous poll.<\/p>\n

Support for the ruling Democratic Party rose 3 percentage points to 36 percent, while that of the main opposition People Power Party fell 3 percentage points to 25 percent.<\/p>\n

When asked whether Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae should be impeached, 34 percent of respondents supported his impeachment, while 45 percent opposed it.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, some lawmakers have called for Cho’s impeachment, citing his refusal to newly recommend a candidate to the top court despite a request from the presidential office, as well as allegations of election interference and improper use of official funds.<\/p>\n

The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.<\/p>\n

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