Poll Shows Further Decline of Ishiba Cabinet

In the poll conducted by newspapers, approval rate for Shigeru Ishiba Cabinet marked obvious low under 30 percent. Large number of people are thinking that Prime Minister Ishiba should resign as the result of Upper House election. The support for ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) also declined. It is not clear, however, which is responsible for the defeat in the election: prime minister or leading party. 

In the poll of Asahi Shimbun conducted on July 26th and 27th, approval rate for Ishiba Cabinet declined from 32 percent in June to 29 percent. The responders with non-approval increased from 52 percent to 56 percent. Support for the LDP dropped from 23 percent to 20 percent, as Sanseito achieved 10 percent, occupying top position among the opposition parties. It was followed by Democratic Party for the People (DPP) with 8 percent and Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) with 7 percent.

 

Strange enough, the responders who thought Ishiba did not have to step down exceeded who thought he needed to do. People who expected Ishiba to stay marked 47 percent, while 41 percent thought he should go. Over 80 percent recognized that the LDP as a whole was responsible for the major setback in the election, as only 10 percent realized Ishiba is personally responsible for it.

 

For a preferable framework of future administration, 56 percent answered that adding current opposition party to current leading coalition should be better than coalition by the opposition parties or current coalition by the LDP and Komeito. The DPP was most preferable choice with 26 percent as the new coalition partner.

 

Approval rate for Ishiba cabinet climbed from 24 percent to 29 percent in the poll by Mainichi Shimbun. The disapproval slightly decreased from 61 percent to 59 percent. The top reason for supporting Ishiba was because there is no alternative to him. Most responders who did not support Ishiba Cabinet raised the reason that they could not expect good leadership or good policy to the administration. Supporting rate for parties were 19 percent for the LDP, 12 percent for DPP, 9 percent for CDPJ and 8 percent for Sanseito.

 

Mainichi asked in the poll who would be the best choice for the next prime minister. Ishiba was the top with support of 20 percent, followed by Sanae Takaichi with 15 percent, DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki with 8 percent. The leader of CDPJ Yoshihiko Noda was fifth position following the agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi.

 

Yomiuri Shimbun conducted its poll immediately after the Upper House election. Approval rate for Ishiba Cabinet was as low as 22 percent, marking abrupt decline from 32 percent in the previous month. Support for the LDP was 19 percent, the lowest since 2012. The most preferable next premier was Takaichi with 26 percent, followed by Koizumi with 22 percent and Ishiba with 8 percent.

 

It was apparent that credibility for Ishiba was further exacerbated after the Upper House election. However, the responders hesitated on who should be the next prime minister. The variation of their answers indicates that no single figure has emerged from confusion of weak leadership of current administration.

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