Gallup Poll Shows Koreans More Conservative

This poll is just another indication of how discontented the general Korean population has become with President Roh Moo-hyun and the Sunshine Policy in general.  Here are some of the results of the poll:

In the politics category, some 83.3 percent of respondents said it is senseless to give aid to North Korea unless that country shows a basic change in attitude. The figure is an increase of 15 percent from four years ago. Other questions also triggered a clear majority of conservative answers: "Union members should restrain from staging strikes as they lower corporations’ international competitiveness" (75.6 percent, an increase of 20 percentage points); "National unification should be realized only within a framework of a free market economy" (68.8 percent); "It’s justifiable for police to use force when public order is threatened by demonstrators" (62.5 percent); and "The National Security Law should be maintained as it is" (61.5 percent).

As you can see in the graphic above, Gallup compiled their findings between conservative and progressive positions and assigned point values to them.  Koreans are actually more conservative now than they were 5 years ago, which is bad news for any progressive candidates in this year’s presidential election.  Are Koreans finally going to stop drinking the "Sunshine" Kool-Aid spoon fed to them by the progressives these past 6 years?  If this poll is any indication it appears the answer is yes and this year the population will be able to prove it with their vote in the presidential election.

(HT: Joe)