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VOTING for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party topped a list of regrets by resident of Taiwan last year, according to a survey.

The poll by PTT, an online social network on the island, found that 12,068 participants, or 59 percent of those who responded, said voting for the DPP was the action they most regretted, followed by “confessing love” and “buying shares.”

Since people aged 20 to 30 are the major subscribers to PTT, the survey reflects the views of young people, the most active group in the island’s political election, said Hou han-ting, director of the new media department of the New Party of Taiwan.

“They are truly disappointed with the DPP,” he said, citing anger over a DPP-led amendment to a labor law which breached the party’s promise to allow workers more mandatory rest days.

The DPP’s approval rating has been plummeting since it took office in May 2016, with some people complaining that the party was not living up to its promise to boost the island’s economy, and instead was obsessed by suppressing political rivalry and the Kuomintang party.

The approval rating of Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen dropped from 47 percent when she took office in May to 26 percent six months later, according to a survey by local TV station TVBS.

Analysts said that the DPP’s poor governance had also angered the middle class, with their wealth shrinking amid a sluggish economic outlook.