The approval rating for President Lee Jae Myung rose by 2.7 percentage points from the previous week to 56.8%, according to a poll released on the 12th. It was analyzed that the successful holding of the Korea-China summit and the KOSPI reaching an all-time high had an impact.

According to a public opinion survey that Realmeter conducted at the request of Energy Economy News from the 5th to the 9th among 2,530 people nationwide aged 18 and older and released that day, the positive evaluation of presidential job performance was 56.8%, up 2.7 percentage points from the same survey a week earlier. The negative evaluation was 37.8%, down 3.6 percentage points from the previous week.

Realmeter said, “Positive assessments of presidential job performance rose for a second consecutive week, settling in the mid-to-upper 50% range,” and “Negative assessments fell into the 30% range for the first time in two months, since the second week of November last year.” Realmeter analyzed, “Tangible outcomes in economic diplomacy, such as the successful holding of the Korea-China summit and the KOSPI hitting an all-time high, served as the main drivers of the increase in approval.”

According to a party support survey that Realmeter conducted at the request of Energy Economy News on the 8th and 9th among 1,006 people nationwide aged 18 and older and released that day, the ruling Democratic Party of Korea stood at 47.8%, up 2.1 percentage points from the previous week. The People Power Party was at 33.5%, down 2.0 percentage points. The Reform Party rose by 0.6 percentage points to 4.3%, the Cho Kuk Innovation Party fell by 0.4 percentage points to 2.6%, and the Progressive Party rose by 0.2 percentage points to 1.6%.

Realmeter stated, “For the Democratic Party, diplomatic achievements from the Korea-China summit and economic strength, including the KOSPI setting a new record high, translated into support for the governing party,” and added, “In particular, swift self-correction such as the resignation of those implicated in nomination controversies helped contain risk, and regional-integration issues, including support for integrating Daejeon-South Chungcheong and Gwangju-South Jeolla, appear to have rallied the base.” Realmeter said, “For the People Power Party, internal divisions that surfaced during the announcement of reform proposals by Leader Jang Dong-hyeok and the push to revise the party name led to supporters defecting,” and, “The image hardening following the recruitment of a far-right YouTuber appears to have caused substantial defections among moderates and younger voters.”

The margin of error for the survey evaluating the president's job performance is ±1.9 percentage points at the 95% confidence level, with a response rate of 4.2%. For the party support survey, the margin of error is ±3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level, with a response rate of 4.1%. Both surveys used wireless ARS via random dialing based on a randomly generated sampling frame. For details, refer to the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission website and the Realmeter website.