Negative Assessment of President's Performance Holds at 50%... Positive at 39%

Negative assessments of the president's job performance remained at 50%, holding a majority.

In a Gallup Korea survey of 1,002 adults nationwide, conducted via telephone interviews from November 10 to 12, 2026, 39% of respondents said the president is doing a good job, while 50% said the president is performing poorly. 10% withheld their opinion.

Party Support

In party support, the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 39%, while the People Power Party stood at 26%. Respondents with no party affiliation accounted for 27%.

Job Performance Trends

Positive ratings of the president's performance came in at 39%, down 2 percentage points from 41% in the previous survey on November 5. Negative ratings were unchanged over the same period at 50%. Those withholding their opinion rose 1 percentage point from 9% to 10%.

Compared with the survey two weeks earlier on October 29, positive ratings were unchanged at 39%, while negative ratings rose 1 percentage point from 49% to 50%. Withheld opinions fell 2 percentage points from 12% to 10%.

Party Support Trends

Support for the Democratic Party of Korea rose 3 percentage points from 36% in the November 5 survey to 39%. Compared with 35% in the October 29 survey, this marks a 4 percentage point increase over two weeks.

Support for the People Power Party fell 2 percentage points from 28% in the November 5 survey to 26%, down 4 percentage points from 30% on October 29. Independents declined 1 percentage point from 28% on October 29 and 28% on November 5 to 27% in the latest survey.

The gap in support between the two parties was 13 percentage points.

Survey Overview

Commissioned by: Gallup Korea
Conducted by: Gallup Korea
Survey period: November 10 – November 12, 2026
Survey population: 1,002 men and women aged 18 and older nationwide
Survey method: Telephone interviews (CATI)
Response rate: 10.1%
Margin of error: ±3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level
Weighting: Applied based on the regional/gender/age distribution of the resident registration population as of late June 2026, per the Ministry of the Interior and Safety

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