This statistic shows leading candidates in the 2017 presidential election in South Korea, by gender. During a poll, 38 percent of male respondents and 37 percent of female respondents stated that Moon Jae-in, the candidate from the Democratic party of South Korea, would be the best choice for president. This survey preceded the presidential election in South Korea that will take place on the ninth of May 2017, following the impeachment of the former President Park Geun-hye.
In your opinion, who would be the best choice for the president?
(by gender)
Original question: "1. Those are the candidates for the presidential election this year (Moon Jae-in, Sim Sang-jung, Ahn Cheol-soo, Yoo Seung-min, Cho Won-jin, Hong Joon-pyo: order has been rotated each time) and the others. In your opinion, who would be the best choice for the president? 2. (if a respondent does not reply with a specific name) Whom do you find the most likable among those candidates?"
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Gallup. (May 3, 2017). In your opinion, who would be the best choice for the president? (by gender) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/705180/south-korea-presidential-election-candidates-by-gender/
Gallup. "In your opinion, who would be the best choice for the president? (by gender)." Chart. May 3, 2017. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/705180/south-korea-presidential-election-candidates-by-gender/
Gallup. (2017). In your opinion, who would be the best choice for the president? (by gender). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/705180/south-korea-presidential-election-candidates-by-gender/
Gallup. "In Your Opinion, Who Would Be The Best Choice for The President? (by Gender)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/705180/south-korea-presidential-election-candidates-by-gender/
Gallup, In your opinion, who would be the best choice for the president? (by gender) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/705180/south-korea-presidential-election-candidates-by-gender/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
In your opinion, who would be the best choice for the president? (by gender) [Graph], Gallup, May 3, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/705180/south-korea-presidential-election-candidates-by-gender/