Questions & answers (%)
(T = total; P = previous poll [conducted on Aug. 22, 2020]; M = male; F = female)
Q: Do you support the Abe cabinet?
|
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
Yes |
50 |
(34) |
56 |
44 |
|
No |
42 |
(59) |
39 |
45 |
|
No answer |
8 |
(8) |
5 |
11 |
Q: The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election has been announced. The person elected to be president will be the next prime minister. If you were able to vote in the election, who would you vote for?
|
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
Shigeru Ishiba |
36 |
|
34 |
39 |
|
Yoshihide Suga |
44 |
|
48 |
40 |
|
Fumio Kishida |
9 |
|
9 |
9 |
|
Don’t know |
10 |
|
9 |
12 |
Q: Would you like to see the next prime minister continue the policies and political stance of the Abe administration or would you like to see him change them?
|
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
Continue |
33 |
|
40 |
24 |
|
Change |
55 |
|
51 |
62 |
|
Unsure |
11 |
|
8 |
12 |
Q: Some say that the new prime minister should ask for a mandate from the people by holding a Lower House election soon after he takes office. Others say that coronavirus countermeasures should be prioritized over an election now. Which is closer to your view?
|
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
A Lower House election should be held quickly |
23 |
|
27 |
18 |
|
Coronavirus countermeasures should be prioritized |
65 |
|
64 |
68 |
|
Unsure |
11 |
|
9 |
12 |
Q: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ), the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP), and others have decided to merge to form a new party. Have your expectations for the opposition forces been raised because the two main opposition parties are merging to form a new political party?
|
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
My expectations have been raised |
24 |
|
21 |
28 |
|
My expectations have been lowered |
10 |
|
10 |
11 |
|
I didn’t expect much from the opposition parties in the first place |
65 |
|
68 |
60 |
Q: Do you approve of the Abe administration’s handling of the new coronavirus?
|
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
Yes |
29 |
|
32 |
25 |
|
No |
47 |
|
45 |
50 |
|
Unsure |
24 |
|
23 |
25 |
Q: Do you approve of the Abe administration’s economic policies?
|
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
Yes |
45 |
|
51 |
36 |
|
No |
35 |
|
33 |
39 |
|
Unsure |
20 |
|
17 |
25 |
Q: Do you approve of the Abe administration’s social security policies?
|
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
Yes |
29 |
|
30 |
27 |
|
No |
41 |
|
41 |
41 |
|
Unsure |
29 |
|
28 |
30 |
Q: Do you approve of the Abe administration’s foreign affairs and security policies?
|
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
Yes |
57 |
|
63 |
49 |
|
No |
27 |
|
24 |
31 |
|
Unsure |
16 |
|
12 |
20 |
Q: Do you approve of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s political stance?
|
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
Yes |
43 |
|
47 |
38 |
|
No |
39 |
|
37 |
43 |
|
Unsure |
17 |
|
15 |
19 |
Q: The second Abe administration was launched in December 2012. That was the year of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games and also the year when Tokyo Skytree opened. How have your living conditions changes compared with that time?
|
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
Improved |
23 |
|
28 |
17 |
|
Worsened |
24 |
|
24 |
25 |
|
Not changed |
52 |
|
49 |
58 |
Q: Which political party do you support?
|
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP or Jiminto) |
39 |
(29) |
41 |
35 |
|
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ or Rikken Minshuto) |
8 |
(9) |
7 |
10 |
|
Democratic Party for the People (DPFP or Kokumin Minshuto) |
1 |
(2) |
1 |
1 |
|
Komeito (Komeito) |
4 |
(4) |
3 |
5 |
|
Japanese Communist Party (JCP or Kyosanto) |
4 |
(5) |
3 |
4 |
|
Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) (Nippon Ishin no Kai) |
8 |
(11) |
9 |
6 |
|
Social Democratic Party (SDP or Shaminto) |
1 |
(1) |
1 |
1 |
|
Reiwa Shinsengumi (Reiwa Shinsengumi) |
2 |
(2) |
1 |
2 |
|
Party to Protect the People from NHK (NHK kara Kokumin wo Mamoru To) |
0 |
(1) |
0 |
0 |
|
Other political groups |
1 |
(1) |
1 |
0 |
|
None of the above (NOTA) |
31 |
(36) |
31 |
33 |
Note: Figures are rounded. “No answer” has been omitted, and “0” means that fewer than 0.5% of respondents selected that response.
Polling methodology: The survey was conducted by the Social Survey Research Center and the Mainichi Shimbun on Sept. 8 of those 18 years old or older. A computer-aided random digit sampling (RDS) method was used to generate phone numbers (both landlines and cell phones) randomly by computer, and an interactive voice response system was used to call those numbers. For mobile phones, people were asked through audio guidance to cooperate in the survey, and those who agreed to participate were sent a short message service (SMS) text message providing a link to an online answer form. For landline phones, respondents were asked questions by interactive voice response system and pushed buttons on their phones to indicate their answer. The target number of valid responses was set at 700 for mobile phones and 300 for landline phones. Valid responses were received from 730 mobile numbers and 301 landline phone numbers.
