Lee's approval rating rebounds after 2-week decline: poll

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SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating rebounded to 37.3 percent after two consecutive weeks of decline, a survey showed Monday.

In the poll conducted on 2,520 adults nationwide from last Monday to Friday by Realmeter, positive assessments of Lee's job performance rose 2.1 percentage points from the previous week.

Negative assessments fell 1 percentage point to 60.4 percent.

As reasons for the rebound, Realmeter cited policies aimed at improving people's livelihoods in areas such as housing and jobs, as well as the government's measures to tackle violent crimes following a stabbing spree in Incheon, west of Seoul.

The pollster added that a sharp stock market decline later in the week appeared to have weighed on Lee's approval rating.

In a separate survey of 1,005 adults conducted between Thursday and Friday, support for the ruling Democratic Party rose 0.7 percentage point to 36.2 percent, while that of the main opposition People Power Party fell 0.4 percentage point to 40.9 percent.

The survey on the president had a margin of error of 2 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level, while the one on political parties had a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.

Both polls were commissioned by the Asia Business Daily.

President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Oct. 13, 2026. (Yonhap)

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首尔，10月19日（韩联社）——周一公布的一项调查显示，李在明总统的支持率在连续两周下降后反弹至37.3%。

Realmeter 从上周一到周五对全国 2520 名成年人进行的民意调查显示，对李将军工作表现的正面评价比前一周上升了 2.1 个百分点。

负面评价下降1个百分点至60.4%。

Realmeter 指出，经济反弹的原因包括旨在改善人们在住房和就业等领域的生活的政策，以及政府在首尔以西仁川发生持刀伤人事件后为打击暴力犯罪而采取的措施。

民调机构补充说，本周晚些时候股市的急剧下跌似乎对李光耀的支持率造成了影响。

在周四至周五对 1005 名成年人进行的另一项调查中，执政的民主党的支持率上升了 0.7 个百分点，达到 36.2%，而主要反对党人民力量党的支持率下降了 0.4 个百分点，达到 40.9%。

对总统的调查误差幅度为 2 个百分点，置信水平为 95%；而对政党的调查误差幅度为 3.1 个百分点，置信水平为 95%。

这两项民意调查均由《亚洲商业日报》委托进行。

2026年10月13日，韩国总统李在明在首尔总统府青瓦台主持召开内阁会议并发表讲话。（韩联社）

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