Overview
- The Realmeter poll, released Monday, put President Lee Jae Myung's job approval at 46.5 percent after six consecutive weekly falls and marked the second straight week below 50 percent.
- The survey sampled 2,502 adults from June 22-26 and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.
- Realmeter attributed the drop to continued public anger over the National Election Commission's mishandling of June 3 ballots, broad economic worries such as a weak won and inflation, and disputes over plans to curb prosecutors' supplementary-investigation powers.
- Party preference has tightened, with a separate Realmeter poll showing the People Power Party at 42 percent and the Democratic Party at 41 percent, and Lee saw notable regional slippage in Busan-Ulsan-South Gyeongsang and parts of the Honam region.
- Lee's fall has been steady since mid-May, when approval was about 60.5 percent, a trend that could deepen opposition leverage, influence party positioning, and alter voter turnout and campaign strategies ahead of coming races.