Nikkei Shimbun October 2009 Telephone Opinion Poll

*All numbers are percentages

*Numbers in parentheses are the total number of respondents

 

Q1.  Do you support or not support the Hatoyama Cabinet? (N=1008)  

Support	65
Do not support	19
Cannot say/Do not know	16

SQ1.  [For those who answered “Cannot say”/“Do not know”] Which of the following is closest to your feelings? (N=157)  

Support	48
Do not support	11
Cannot say/Do not know	41

 

  [Total (combined) approval rating (N=1008)]  

 

Support	73
Do not support	21
Cannot say/Do not know	6

 

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=734)  

Because it is a DPJ cabinet	26
Because it has good policies	31
Because it is internationally minded	15
Because it has good leadership	17
Because it is stable	7
Because of the trustworthy character of its members	26
Because it is politically clean	16
Other	9
Cannot say/Do not know	6

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=209)  

Because it is a DPJ cabinet	30
Because its policies are bad	43
Because it is not internationally minded	9
Because of its lack of leadership	19
Because it is not stable	37
Because its members are not trustworthy	17
Because it is not clean politically	7
Other	7
Cannot say/Do not know	5

 

Q2. Which political party do you currently support? Please choose only one. (N=1008)  

Democratic Party ofJapan	48
Liberal Democratic Party	17
New Komeito	3
JapanCommunist Party	2
Social Democratic Party	1
The People’s New Party	0
Your Party	1
The New Party ofJapan	0
Other political party	0
Do not favor any political party	24
Cannot say/Do not know	5

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=289)  

Democratic Party ofJapan	27
Liberal Democratic Party	15
New Komeito	3
JapanCommunist Party	4
Social Democratic Party	1
The People’s New Party	0
Your Party	2
The New Party ofJapan	0
Other political party	0
Do not favor any political party	31
Cannot say/Do not know	17

 

  [Support + Preferred Parties (N=1008)]  

 

Democratic Party ofJapan	55
Liberal Democratic Party	21
New Komeito	4
JapanCommunist Party	3
Social Democratic Party	1
The People’s New Party	0
Your Party	1
The New Party ofJapan	0
Other political party	0
Do not favor any political party	9
Cannot say/Do not know	5

 

Q3.Do you positively or not positively evaluate the first month of the Hatoyama Cabinet? (N=1008)  

Positively	61
Not positively	18
Neither	13
Cannot say/Do not know	7

 

SQ1.  [For those who answered “Positively”] What are the reasons for your positive evaluation?  Please choose one from the following six options: (N=620)  

Action taken towards economic measures	6
Action taken towards reducing wasteful public spending	56
Action taken towards the pension/medical care problem	7
Action taken towards diplomacy/national security	4
Action taken towards the politics and money problem	7
Action taken towards building a system of political leadership	17
Other	2
Cannot say/Do not know	2

 

SQ2.  [For those who answered “Not positively”] What is the reason for your negative evaluation?  Please choose one from the following six options: (N=180)  

Action taken towards economic measures	24
Action taken towards reducing wasteful public spending	17
Action taken towards the pension/medical care problem	12
Action taken towards diplomacy/national security	6
Action taken towards the politics and money problem	17
Action taken towards building a system of political leadership	13
Other	6
Cannot say/Do not know	5

 

Q4.  Do you have expectations or not of LDP President [Sadakazu] Tanigaki? (N=1008)  

Have expectations	29
Do not have expectations	57
Neither	5
Cannot say/Do not know	9

 

Q5.  Who do you think is suitable to serve as prime minster? (N=1008)  

Yukio Hatoyama	67
Sadakazu Tanigaki	12
Neither	14
Cannot say/Do not know	7

 

Q6.  Which policy issue would you like the Hatoyama Cabinet to focus on?  Please choose as many as apply from the following 9 options: (N=1008)  

Reduce wasteful public spending	64
Provide monthly child allowance	30
Promote global warming countermeasures	32
Decentralization	25
Building an equal U.S.-Japan relationship	22
Constructing East Asian Community	12
Realize the agricultural door-to-door income compensation system	16
Elimination of highway tolls	12
Resolving the problem of the disappearance of pension premium payments records	44
Other	2
Cannot say/Do not know	5

Q7.  The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara has announced that construction of 48 dams such as the Yamba dam will be discontinued.  Do you positively or not positively evaluate this announcement? (N=1008)  

Positively	51
Not positively	30
Neither	9
Cannot say/Do not know	10

 

Q8.  The government plans to introduce a system in which small and medium-sized businesses can extend their payback period for existing loans.  Do you positively or not positively evaluation this system? (N=1008)  

Positively	49
Not positively	29
Neither	9
Cannot say/Do not know	14

 

Q9.  In the future of Japanese politics, which politician would you like to see display their influence?  Please choose one person from the following: (N=1008)  

Yukio Hatoyama	27
Katsuya Okada	12
Ichiro Ozawa	7
NaotoKan	4
Seiji Maehara	7
Akira Nagatsuma	5
Sadakazu Tanigaki	5
Shigeru Ishiba	6
Nobuteru Ishihara	5
Yoichi Masuzoe	10
Other	3
Cannot say/Do not know	9

 

 Q10.  What is your most desirable form of administration?  Please choose one from the following: (N=1008)  

Coalition administration centered on the DPJ	23
DPJ administration	19
Coalition administration centered on the LDP	8
LDP administration	4
A coalition that includes the LDP and DPJ	33
Other	3
Cannot say/Do not know	10

 

  Polling Information

  F1. Gender (Determined by the polltaker) (N=1008)  

Male	43
Female	57
Unknown	0

 

F2. How old are you? (N=1008)  

20s	7
30s	14
40s	18
50s	21
60s	22
70 years old or older	17
Refused to answer	2

  Average Age    54.0 years  

 

F3.  What is your occupation? (N=1008)  

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries	3
Employee (company or governmental employee, teacher, etc.)	43
Self-owned business, self-employed (including a homemaker)	13
Full-time housewife (without job only)	17
Student	2
Unemployed	19
Refused to answer	2