Asahi Shinbun today reports results to public opinion polls relating to support for political parties.
All figures are percentages, rounded to the nearest integer. This is only a selection of questions and answers from the survey. Where four figures appear in a row they represent results from surveys this year (2009) in the following order : 4th-5th July, 18th-19th July, 1st-2nd August, 15th-16th August.
◆Do you support PM Aso’s Cabinet, or not?
Support ２０ １７ １８ １９
Not ６８ ６９ ６３ ６５
◆Which party do you currently support?
Liberal Democrat ２４ ２０ ２４ ２０
Democratic ２５ ３１ ２６ ３２
Koumei Party ３ ３ ４ ２
Communist Party ２ ２ ２ ４
Socialist Party １ １ １ １
People’s New Party ０ ０ ０ ０
The Everyone Party － － － ０
Reform Club ０ ０ ０ ０
New Party Japan ０ ０ ０ ０
Others ０ ０ ０ ０
Respondents supporting NO political party
３９ ３５ ３０ ３４
No answer / Don’t know
６ ８ １３ ６
◆Are you concerned about the forthcoming election? （one choice must be chosen from a selection）
Yes, a great deal ３８ ４３ ４９ ４９
To a certain extent ３６ ３８ ３５ ３８
Not particularly ２０ １３ １１ １２
Not at all ６ ５ ４ １
◆Hypothetically, if the election were held now, which party would you vote for in your district?
Liberal Democrat ２２ １９ ２２ ２１
Democrat ３７ ４２ ３９ ４０
Koumei Party ４ ４ ５ ４
Communist Party ４ ４ ３ ５
Socialist Party １ １ １ ２
People’s New Party ０ １ ０ １
The Everyone Party － － － ０
Reform Club ０ ０ ０ ０
New Party Japan ０ ０ ０ ０
Other Parties １ １ １ ０
No answer / Don’t know
３１ ２８ ２９ ２７
◆If you live in a single-seat electoral district, which party’s candidate do you think you will vote for?
Liberal Democrat ２２ ２０ ２２ ２１
Democratic Party ３２ ３７ ３７ ４０
Koumei Party ２ ３ ２ ２
Communist Party ２ ２ ２ ３
Socialist Party １ １ １ １
People’s New Party ０ ０ ０ ０
The Everyone Party － － － ０
Reform Club ０ ０ ０ ０
New Party Japan ０ ０ ０ ０
Other ０ ０ ０ ２
Independent Candidate ２ ０ １ １
No answer / Don’t know
３９ ３７ ３５ ２９
◆Do you think it would be a good thing for an administration centred on the Liberal Democratic Party to continue in power? Or do you think it would be good for power to switch to an administration centred on the Democratic Party?
LDP-centred administration
２４ ２２ ２４ ２１
DPJ-centred administration
４７ ４９ ４６ ４９
◆Which of the two main parties’ leaders do you think is more appropriate a candidate to be PM – the LDP’s Aso Taro or the DPJ’s Yukio Hatoyama?
Mr. Aso ２２ ２１ ２０ ２０
Mr. Hatoyama ４２ ４２ ４０ ４１
◆Each political party has made election promises and published a manifesto. When you make your vote in the general election, to what extent will you be conscious of the manifesto/election promises made by the parties? (Choose one answer only)
Very conscious ２７
Conscious to a certain extent ５４
Not very conscious １５
Not conscious at all ３
