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Lee’s Approval Rating Falls for Seven Straight Weeks to 38.9%, First Time in the 30s Since Taking Office
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- President Lee Jae-myung’s job approval rating fell for a seventh consecutive week to 38.9%, according to a Realmeter poll.
- The result marked the first time his approval rating had entered the 30% range since he took office.
- The Democratic Party led the People Power Party in party support, 43.1% to 37.7%.
President Lee Jae-myung’s approval rating has fallen for seven consecutive weeks, reaching 38.9% and entering the 30% range for the first time since he took office.
The survey, conducted by pollster Realmeter for the Energy Economy newspaper, recorded a 1.3 percentage-point decline from the previous week in positive evaluations of Lee’s job performance.
Party support stood at 43.1% for the Democratic Party and 37.7% for the People Power Party.
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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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