Political party support rate: 44% say they don't support a political party. NHK poll shows some are leaving political parties behind.

Support ratings for each party in February.

"Liberal Democratic Party" 30.5%, "Constitutional Democratic Party" 6.7%, "Japan Restoration Party" 3.1%, "Komeito" 3.2%, "Communist Party" 2.1%, "People's Democratic Party" 1.3%, "Reiwa" 1.1% said ``Shinsengumi,'' 0.2% said ``Social Democratic Party,'' 0.7% said ``participation parties,'' 0.1% said ``a party we can all create,'' and 44.0% said ``I don't particularly support any political party.''

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Time-series graph of cabinet support rate and support rate of each party

to evaluate political funding issue and accountability

More than 40% of independents are leaving political parties for three consecutive months

Looking at party support ratings from November last year, when the Cabinet approval rating was sluggish at around 20%, to February this year, we find that since December last year, the Liberal Democratic Party's approval rating has fallen to around 30%. For the third consecutive month, the percentage of so-called independents has exceeded 40%, indicating a shift away from political parties.

On the other hand, the approval rating of the opposition parties continues to be below 10%.

Looking at trends over the past year for the largest opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party, and the second party, the Japan Restoration Party, the Japan Restoration Party had a 6.7% share in a survey conducted in May last year after the unified local elections, compared to the Constitutional Democratic Party's 4.2%. %, but since then it has continued to decline and reached 3.1% in the February survey, with the Constitutional Democratic Party's 6.7% higher.