President of South Korea Park Geun-hye’s approval rating is

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South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s approval rating is at 5%, which is lower than any previous president. On Nov. 4, polling firm Gallup Korea announced the results of its regular public opinion poll of 1,005 adult men and women from around the country that were surveyed between Nov. 1 and 3 (with a margin of error of ±3.1% and a reliability of 95%). Only 5% of all respondents thought that Park is doing a good job as president.

While a 5% approval rating is shocking enough, what is even more shocking is Park’s rating in the Honam region (Gwangju and Jeolla Province) in the southeast: 0%. Divided by region, Park received a positive job rating from 2% of respondents in Seoul, 4% in Incheon, 3% in Daejeon, Sejong and Chungcheong, 9% in Busan, Ulsan and South Gyeongsang Province and 10% in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province. This means that Park’s approval rating was below average everywhere except the Yeongnam region in the southeast. Even so, 0% is astounding.
Responding to the shocking outcome of an approval rating of 0%, internet users in South Korea offered various theories, such as that there were no respondents in the region or that a small percentage was rounded down to 0%. One user argued that Gallup Korea was trying to stir up regional sentiment by emphasizing that Park had an approval rating of 0% in Honam.

By age group, Park scored a positive approval rating with 1% of people in their 20s, 1% of people in their 30s, 3% of people in their 40s, 3% of people in their 50s and 13% of people in their 60s.

>approval rating with 1% of people in 20s and 30s
3% of people in their 40s,50s