Negative Assessment of President's Job Performance Falls 1%p to 49%, Party Support in Dead Heat at 35% vs. 30%

Negative assessments of the president's job performance came in at 49%.

In a Gallup Korea survey of 1,000 adults nationwide, conducted via telephone interviews from October 27 to 29, 2026, 39% of respondents said the president is doing a good job, while 49% said the president is doing a poor job. 12% of respondents withheld their opinion.

Party Support

In party support, the Democratic Party of Korea recorded 35%, while the People Power Party recorded 30%. The 5-percentage-point gap between the two parties falls within double the survey's margin of error (±3.1 percentage points), indicating a statistically close race. 28% of respondents said they support no party.

Job Performance Trends

Positive evaluations of job performance stood at 40% in the survey conducted on the 22nd of last month, but fell 1 percentage point to 39% in this survey. Compared to the survey on the 15th, the figure is unchanged at 39%.

Negative evaluations declined 1 percentage point from 50% in the 22nd survey to 49%, and dropped 3 percentage points compared to 52% in the 15th survey. Negative assessments have now fallen for three consecutive surveys.

Responses withholding opinion rose for three consecutive surveys, from 9% in the 15th survey and 10% in the 22nd survey to 12% in this survey.

Party Support Trends

Support for the Democratic Party of Korea fell from 36% on the 15th and 37% on the 22nd to 35% in this survey, a decline of 2 percentage points from the previous survey.

Support for the People Power Party rose from 27% on the 15th and 28% on the 22nd to 30% in this survey, a 3-percentage-point increase compared to the 15th survey. The gap between the two parties narrowed from 9 percentage points in the 15th survey to 5 percentage points in this one.

The share of independents came in at 28% in this survey, after 29% on the 15th and 27% on the 22nd.

Survey Overview

Commissioner: Gallup Korea
Surveyor: Gallup Korea
Survey period: October 27 – October 29, 2026
Sample: 1,000 men and women aged 18 and over nationwide
Method: Telephone interview by trained interviewers (CATI)
Response rate: 10.4%
Margin of error: ±3.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level
Weighting: Weighted by region/gender/age according to resident registration population figures from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety as of the end of June 2026

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