39% Oppose Impeachment of Chief Justice Cho Hee-de… 34% in Favor

In a Gallup Korea opinion poll, opposition to the impeachment of Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-de (the head of the judiciary) — impeachment being the process of removing a public official from office over scandals or similar reasons — stood at 39%, higher than the 34% in favor, while 28% of respondents declined to state an opinion. The survey was conducted by Gallup Korea by telephone from the 20th to the 22nd, targeting 1,001 adults aged 18 and older across the country.

Party support stood at 37% for the Democratic Party and 28% for the People Power Party, with both parties each up 1 percentage point from the previous poll (October 13–15). The Cho Kuk Innovation Party polled 3%, the Reform Party 2%, and the Progressive Party 1%, while independents accounted for 27%.

Positive evaluations of President Lee Jae-myung's performance in office came in at 40%, up 1 percentage point from the previous week. Negative evaluations fell 2 percentage points to 50%, with 10% withholding an opinion. The downward slide in his job approval that had continued before Chuseok came to a halt in October.

Those who gave positive evaluations (396 cases on a weighted basis, open-ended responses) cited diplomacy (21%), the economy and livelihoods (14%), and communication (7%), among other reasons. Those who gave negative evaluations (500 respondents) cited housing policy (18%), the economy and livelihoods (16%), and defense, security, and North Korea policy (10%), among others.