Support among voters in their 50s sees sharpest dropPresident 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. President Lee Jae Myung speaks during an event held at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Aug. 28. (Yonhap) 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 approval of Lee fell 7.5 percentage points to 40.8 percent. Support among the age group has dropped for three consecutive weeks, from 53 percent in the second week of August.Approval also fell among voters in their 40s, 60s and those aged 70 and older, while support among voters in their 30s rose 8.8 percentage points.Regionally, the steepest drop was recorded in Daejeon, Sejong and the Chungcheong region, where Lee’s approval fell 8.5 percentage points.Realmeter attributed the continued decline to growing public dissatisfaction over housing prices and rents, controversy surrounding the nomination of Supreme Court justices, distrust of police following missing-person cases in Jeju, and infighting within the ruling camp.The poll was conducted Aug. 24-28 among 2,509 voters aged 18 and older nationwide. It was commissioned by Energy Economy and conducted through an automated telephone survey using randomly generated mobile phone numbers. The margin of error was 2 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level, with a response rate of 3.9 percent.This article was written with the assistance of AI. -- Ed.