Lee′s approval rating edges down to 58 pct: poll

▲ President Lee Jae Myung attends a meeting with his senior secretaries at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Feb. 5, 2026. (Yonhap)

Lee-approval rating

Lee's approval rating edges down to 58 pct: poll

SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating slipped to 58 percent this week on mixed assessments of his economic policies, a poll showed Friday.

The survey by Gallup Korea, conducted Tuesday through Thursday on 1,001 respondents aged 18 and over, showed that the positive assessment of Lee's overall performance fell by 2 percentage points from the previous week.

The negative assessment remained unchanged at 29 percent, while 12 percent said they were undecided.

Lee's economic policies were cited most frequently as the reason for a positive evaluation at 16 percent, followed by diplomacy at 15 percent and his real estate policies at 9 percent.

Among the negative responses, 16 percent pointed to concerns over the economy, followed by real estate policies at 11 percent and diplomacy at 8 percent.

The pollster said the respondents showed mixed responses to Lee's real estate policies, including his plan to end an exemption from the heavy capital gains tax for owners of multiple homes.

The approval rating for the ruling Democratic Party fell 3 percentage points to 41 percent, while that of the main opposition People Power Party remained unchanged at 25 percent.

The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.

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