President Lee Jae-myung's job approval rating fell for a fifth consecutive week to 43.0%, the lowest level since he took office, while support for the ruling Democratic Party strengthened and the main opposition People Power Party lost ground. Negative assessments rose to 54.1%, widening the gap between approval and disapproval to 11.1 percentage points, beyond the margin of error. Realmeter linked the decline in Lee's ratings to confusion over a proposed real estate tax overhaul and worsening housing sentiment among younger voters after controversy over remarks about "scrapped-bus youth housing." In a separate party support poll, the Democratic Party climbed to 47.9% and the People Power Party dropped to 33.1%, leaving a 14.8-percentage-point gap for a third straight week outside the margin of error. Realmeter said the Democratic Party benefited from a convention effect ahead of its national convention, while the opposition failed to turn criticism of the government's tax handling into support and was hurt by intensifying internal conflict.