Lee’s approval down to 38.9%, falls below 40% for first time: Realmeter

President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating fell for a seventh consecutive week, dropping to 38.9 percent and entering the 30-percent range for the first time since he took office, a Realmeter poll showed Monday. Lee’s approval rating fell 1.3 percentage points from the previous week, while his disapproval rating rose 1.8 points to 58.7 percent. The gap between the two stood at 19.8 percentage points, outside the poll’s margin of error. The sharpest decline came among voters in their 50s, whose ap