Nikkei Shimbun July 2009 Emergency Telephone Opinion Poll #2

*All numbers are percentages

*Numbers in parentheses are the total number of respondents

 

Q1.  Do you support or not support the Aso Cabinet? (N=869) 

Support	15
Do not support	67
Cannot say/Do not know	17

 

SQ1.  [For those who answered “Cannot say”/“Do not know”] Which of the following is closest to your feelings? (N=151) 

Support	24
Do not support	23
Cannot say/Do not know	53

 

[Total (combined) approval rating (N=869)]

 

Support	20
Do not support	71
Cannot say/Do not know	9

 

SQ2.  [For those who answered “Support”] What are the reasons you support the cabinet?  Please choose all that apply from the following seven answers: (N=170)

Because it is an LDP cabinet	54
Because it has good policies	13
Because it is internationally minded	25
Because it has good leadership	8
Because it is stable	8
Because of the trustworthy character of its members	26
Because it is politically clean	12
Other	5
Cannot say/Do not know	4

  

SQ3.  [For those who answered “Do not support”] What are the reasons you do not support the cabinet?  Please choose all that apply from the following seven answers: (N=619) 

Because it is an LDP cabinet	17
Because its policies are bad	42
Because it is not internationally minded	14
Because of its lack of leadership	60
Because it is not stable	51
Because its members are not trustworthy	28
Because it is not clean politically	7
Other	2
Cannot say/Do not know	5

 

Q2. Which political party do you currently support? Please choose only one. (N=869) 

Liberal Democratic Party	23
Democratic Party ofJapan	31
New Komeito	3
JapanCommunist Party	3
Social Democratic Party	1
The People’s New Party	0
Kaikaku Club (Reform Club)	0
The New Party ofJapan	0
Other political party	0
Do not favor any political party	32
Cannot say/Do not know	7

 

SQ1.  [For those who answered “Do not support any party” or “Cannot say/Do not know”] If you had to name one, which political party do you favor? (N=340) 

Liberal Democratic Party	17
Democratic Party ofJapan	23
New Komeito	1
JapanCommunist Party	4
Social Democratic Party	1
The People’s New Party	0
Kaikaku Club (Reform Club)	0
The New Party ofJapan	0
Other political party	0
Do not favor any political party	40
Cannot say/Do not know	14

 

[Support + Preferred Parties (N=869)]

 

Liberal Democratic Party	30
Democratic Party ofJapan	40
New Komeito	4
JapanCommunist Party	4
Social Democratic Party	1
The People’s New Party	0
Kaikaku Club (Reform Club)	0
The New Party ofJapan	0
Other political party	0
Do not favor any political party	16
Cannot say/Do not know	5

 

Q3. Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved the House of Representatives on July 21 and has called for elections on August 30.  What are your thoughts on this decision? (N=869)

Should hold elections earlier	57
Decision was appropriate	24
Should hold elections later	7
Other	1
Cannot say/Do not know	11

  

Q4.  DPJ representative Yukio Hatoyama has admitted that his political fund management body used names of dead people to make false statements in its funding reports and has apologized.  Will you consider this problem at the next general election? (N=869)

Will consider	37
Will not consider	51
Neither	3
Cannot say/Do not know	9

   

Q5.  The revised Law on Organ Transplantation will allow children who are brain dead to donate their organs and also will likely increase the number of organ transplants among adults.  However, there have been those who charge that brain death does not define the “death of a person.”  What are your thoughts on this newly revised organ transplant law? (N=869)

Approve	67
Do not approve	16
Neither	7
Cannot say/Do not know	10

   

Q6.  When voting at the next House of Representatives general election, which policies will influence your vote?  Please select all that apply from the following: (N=869)

Pension/medical care	55
Economic measures	49
Fiscal reconstruction	31
Employment policies	42
Diplomacy/national security	21
Politics and money	22
Consumption tax hike	13
Financial measures	21
Decentralization	16
Other	1
Cannot say/Do not know	9

 

Q7.  Who do you think is suitable to serve as prime minister after the next House of Representatives general election? (N=869)

Taro Aso	9
Yukio Hatoyama	28
Neither	57
Cannot say/Do not know	7

 

Q8.  During the next election for the House of Representatives, which party will you vote for in your proportional-representation district? (N=869)

Liberal Democratic Party	24
Democratic Party ofJapan	40
Komeito	5
JapanCommunist Party	5
Social Democratic Party	2
The People’s New Party	1
The Reform Club	0
The New Party ofJapan	1
Other	0
Undecided	14
Will abstain	0
Cannot say/Do not know	8

   

Q9.  What is the most desirable form for the next administration?  (N=869)

Administration centered on the LDP	12
Administration centered on the DPJ	29
A coalition that includes the LDP and DPJ	42
Other	3
Cannot say/Do not know	14

                                                                                                                          

Q10.  In present Japanese politics, which politician do you think has the most influence?  Please choose one person from the following: (N=869)

 

Taro Aso	5
Nobuteru Ishihara	7
Yuriko Koike	4
Kunio Hatoyama	2
Yoichi Masuzoe	17
Kaoru Yosano	3
Ichiro Ozawa	5
Katsuya Okada	12
Yukio Hatoyama	9
Seiji Maehara	2
Toru Hashishita	6
Hideo Higashikokubaru	5
Other	3
Cannot say/Do not know	19

   

Polling Information

 

F1. Gender (Determined by the polltaker) (N=869)

Male	43
Female	57
Unknown	0

  

F2. How old are you? (N=869)

20s	5
30s	16
40s	15
50s	17
60s	24
70 years old or older	20
Refused to answer	4

 Average Age    55.2 years

 

F3.  What is your occupation? (N=869)

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries	3
Employee (company or governmental employee, teacher, etc.)	37
Self-owned business, self-employed (including a homemaker)	11
Full-time housewife (without job only)	23
Student	2
Unemployed	20
Refused to answer	4