Negative assessment of presidential performance rises from 60.4% to 62.3%, widening gap with positive rating of 35.3%
Realmeter's survey found the negative rating of the president's job performance at 62.3%, while the positive rating stood at 35.3%.
Presidential Job Performance
Those saying the president is doing a good job stood at 35.3%, while 62.3% said the president is doing a poor job. Negative assessments outpaced positive ones by 27 percentage points.
Party Support
In party support, the People Power Party recorded 42.6% and the Democratic Party 36%. The gap between the two parties was 6.6 percentage points, exceeding the margin of error. They were followed by the Rebuilding Korea Party at 6.7%, the Reform Party at 2.6%, and the Progressive Party at 0.8%.
Changes From Previous Surveys
Compared with the survey released on October 19, positive assessments of the president's job performance fell 2 percentage points from 37.3% to 35.3%, while negative assessments rose 1.9 percentage points from 60.4% to 62.3%.
In party support, the People Power Party rose 1.7 percentage points from 40.9% to 42.6%. The Democratic Party slipped 0.2 percentage points from 36.2% to 36%, while the Reform Party gained 0.8 percentage points from 1.8% to 2.6%. The Rebuilding Korea Party fell 0.2 percentage points from 6.9% to 6.7%, and the Progressive Party dropped 0.3 percentage points from 1.1% to 0.8%.
Compared with the October 12 survey, positive assessments edged up 0.1 percentage points from 35.2% to 35.3%, while negative assessments climbed 0.9 percentage points from 61.4% to 62.3%. The People Power Party showed an upward trend over the same period, gaining 1.3 percentage points from 41.3% to 42.6%.
Survey Overview
Commissioner: Realmeter
Pollster: Realmeter
Period: October 18–22, 2026
Respondents: 2,517 men and women aged 18 and older nationwide
Method: Wireless RDD automated response (ARS) survey
Response rate: 2.8%
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).
