Negative Assessment of Presidential Performance Dips from 60.1% to 59.8%, while Positive Stands at 37.4%, a Gap of 22.4 Points

Negative assessments of the president's job performance stood at 59.8%.

The RealMeter survey showed a positive rating of 37.4% and a negative rating of 59.8%, with negative views leading positive ones by 22.4 percentage points.

Presidential Job Performance Ratings

Positive assessments of the president's job performance came in at 37.4%, while negative assessments stood at 59.8%. Non-responses, including "don't know," accounted for 2.8%.

Party Support Ratings

In party support ratings, the Democratic Party of Korea posted the highest figure at 42.5%, followed by the People Power Party at 38.4%. The 4.1-percentage-point gap between the two parties remains within double the margin of error (±2 points), keeping the race close. The Rebuilding Korea Party recorded 5.2%, the Reform Party 1.5%, and the Progressive Party 1.3%.

Comparison with Previous Survey

The positive job performance rating fell 0.5 percentage points to 37.4% from 37.9% in the previous survey (September 28, 2026). The negative rating dropped 0.3 percentage points from 60.1% to 59.8%, marking a decline for the third consecutive week and down 3.6 points from 63.4% in the September 21 survey. The positive rating rose 2.6 percentage points over the same period, from 34.8%.

In party support, the Democratic Party of Korea surged 3.8 percentage points from 38.7% in the previous survey to 42.5%, while the People Power Party slipped 1 point from 39.4% to 38.4%. Compared with the September 21 survey, the Democratic Party rose 2.3 points from 40.2%, and the People Power Party edged down 0.1 point from 38.5%.

The Rebuilding Korea Party climbed 1.2 percentage points from 4% to 5.2%. The Reform Party fell 1.4 points from 2.9% to 1.5%, and the Progressive Party slipped 0.1 point from 1.4% to 1.3%.

Survey Overview

Commissioner: RealMeter
Pollster: RealMeter
Survey period: September 27 to October 1, 2026
Respondents: 2,515 men and women aged 18 and older nationwide
Method: Wireless RDD automated response survey (ARS)
Response rate: 3.9%
Margin of error: ±2 percentage points at a 95% confidence level
Weighting: Weights applied by gender, age group, and region

For more details, please refer to the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission website (nesdc.go.kr).