This statistic shows leading candidates in the 2017 presidential election in South Korea, by age group. During a poll, 51 percent of respondents aged 30 to 39 stated that Moon Jae-in, the candidate from the Democratic party of South Korea, whereas 32 percent of respondents aged over 60 stated that Hong Joon-pyo from the Liberty Korea party, 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 age group)
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 age group) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/705185/south-korea-presidential-election-candidates-by-age-group/
Gallup. "In your opinion, who would be the best choice for the president? (by age group)." Chart. May 3, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/705185/south-korea-presidential-election-candidates-by-age-group/
Gallup. (2017). In your opinion, who would be the best choice for the president? (by age group). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/705185/south-korea-presidential-election-candidates-by-age-group/
Gallup. "In Your Opinion, Who Would Be The Best Choice for The President? (by Age Group)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/705185/south-korea-presidential-election-candidates-by-age-group/
Gallup, In your opinion, who would be the best choice for the president? (by age group) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/705185/south-korea-presidential-election-candidates-by-age-group/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
In your opinion, who would be the best choice for the president? (by age group) [Graph], Gallup, May 3, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/705185/south-korea-presidential-election-candidates-by-age-group/
