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Opinion Polls in 2004

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2005

IKUO KABASHIMA
IKUO KABASHIMA
Affiliation:
Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
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When the last opinion polls were published one year ago, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was enjoying a high approval rate despite Japan's poor economic performance. The poll conducted in June 2003 showed that 48.2% of the public supported the Koizumi administration, which is an exceptionally high number in comparison with the approval rates of historical LDP prime ministers and their cabinets. Only 29.5% of those polled expressed dissatisfaction with the administration. Today, however, public support for Koizumi is on a sudden decline. Just as Koizumi's managed to sustain public support throughout 2003, his loss of support in 2004 manifests a peculiar quality; he is now losing popularity despite Japan's significant economic improvement.

Type
Research Article
Information
Japanese Journal of Political Science , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , November 2004 , pp. 335 - 337
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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