Negative Assessment of President's Job Performance Stays Above Majority at 60.4%, Down 1 Percentage Point

Negative assessments of the president's job performance remained above the majority at 60.4%.

According to a RealMeter survey of 2,520 men and women aged 18 or older nationwide conducted from October 11 to 15, 2026, 37.3% of respondents positively evaluated the president's job performance, while 60.4% gave a negative evaluation. The remainder gave no response or similar.

Job Performance: 37.3% Positive, 60.4% Negative

The positive rating rose 2.1 percentage points from the previous survey on October 12 (35.2%). The negative rating fell 1 percentage point over the same period, from 61.4% to 60.4%.

Compared with the October 5 survey, the positive rating slipped slightly by 0.1 percentage point from 37.4% to 37.3%, while the negative rating rose 0.6 percentage points from 59.8% to 60.4%.

Party Support: Democratic Party 36.2%, People Power Party 40.9%

In party support, the People Power Party recorded 40.9%, while the Democratic Party of Korea posted 36.2%. The gap between the two parties stands at 4.7 percentage points. Given the survey's margin of error of ±2 percentage points (95% confidence level), the gap exceeds twice the margin of error.

The Rebuilding Korea Party drew 6.9% support, the Reform Party 1.8%, and the Progressive Party 1.1%.

Support Trends

Support for the Democratic Party of Korea fell sharply by 6.3 percentage points, from 42.5% in the October 5 survey to 36.2% in this one. Compared with the previous survey on October 12 (35.5%), however, it recovered 0.7 percentage points.

Support for the People Power Party rose 2.5 percentage points from 38.4% on October 5 to 40.9% in this survey, though it was down 0.4 percentage points from the previous survey (41.3%).

The Rebuilding Korea Party rose 1.7 percentage points from 5.2% on October 5 to 6.9%. The Reform Party climbed 0.3 percentage points from 1.5% to 1.8% over the same period, though it fell 1 percentage point from the previous survey (2.8%). The Progressive Party recorded 1.1% in this survey.

Survey Overview

Commissioner: RealMeter
Survey firm: RealMeter
Survey period: October 11, 2026 – October 15, 2026
Respondents: 2,520 men and women aged 18 or older nationwide
Method: Wireless RDD automated response survey (ARS)
Response rate: 2.7%
Margin of error: ±2 percentage points at the 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).