It was found that Secretary of State Yoshihide Suga, who is very likely to be elected as the next Japanese Prime Minister, has risen to the top of the approval rating in the polls.
In a survey conducted before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his early resignation, former Liberal Democratic Party secretary chief Shigeru Ishiba was leading with overwhelming advantage. This is the aspect.
In a telephone poll conducted by the Asahi Shimbun for Japanese voters on the 2nd and 3rd, when asked who would be the right person for the next prime minister, 38% of the respondents chose Secretary of State Suga.
Former Liberal Democratic Party secretary chairman Shigeru Ishiba was chosen by 25%, and Liberal Democratic Party Chairman Fumio Kishida was 5%.
28% responded that none of these three were suitable.
In an opinion poll on June 20-21 this year, when seven politicians were given as options to choose the right person for the next prime minister, Ishiba was selected by 31% of respondents, ranking first, and Suga ranked fourth with 3%. Is turned over.
Suga's popularity was evident among the supporters of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Respondents who said they were supporters of the Liberal Democratic Party (49%) chose Suga, 23% chose Ishiba, and respondents without a supportive party chose Suga, 31% and 22%.
Respondents valued leadership (37%) as the most necessary virtue for the next prime minister, followed by fairness or integrity (32%), policy or ideology (15%).
45% of the opinions that it is better for the next prime minister to succeed to the Abe regime, and 42% that it is better not to succeed.
Those who said it was better to succeed, 59% chose Suga as the next prime minister, and 13% chose Ishiba.
On the other hand, among those who responded that it is better not to inherit, 37% chose Ishiba and 17% chose Suga.
In fact, 60% of the respondents responded that the election for the LDP governor, which determines the Japanese prime minister, was decided by a simplified vote in which the party member and the party do not participate in the vote.
Regarding the dissolution of the House of Representatives, 68% of respondents said that next year would be good, and 23% said that it should be done during this year.
71% answered positively and 28% negatively evaluated the performance of the Abe regime, which lasted for 7 years and 8 months.
The party's approval rating was 40%, which was 10 percentage points higher than that of the July 18-19 survey.
The first opposition, the Constitutional Democratic Party, was only 3%.
The ruling and opposition parties of Japan elect the next prime minister at an extraordinary National Assembly on the 16th.
The LDP governor, who occupied the majority of the parliament, becomes the next prime minister, and major Japanese media analyzes that Suga is highly likely to be elected in the LDP presidential election.
(yunhap news)