Nikkei Shimbun Novemer 2009 Telephone Opinion Poll (Abridged)

*All numbers are percentages

*Numbers in parentheses are the total number of respondents

 

Q1: Do you support or not support the Hatoyama cabinet? (N=931)  

Support	61
Do not support	21
Cannot say/Do not know	18

 

SQ1: (For those who answered “Cannot say/Do not know”) which of the following is closest to your feelings? (N=167)

Support	43
Do not support	13
Cannot say/Do not know	44

  (Total [combined] approval rating [N=931])  

Support	68
Do not support	24
Cannot say/Do not know	8

 

SQ2: (For those who answered “support”) what are the reasons? Please choose all that apply from the following seven answers. (N=636)  

Because it is a DPJ cabinet	30
Because it has good policies	35
Because it is internationally minded	13
Because it has good leadership	13
Because it is stable	9
Because its members are trustworthy	22
Because it is politically clean	14
Other	9
Cannot say/Do not know	5

 

SQ3: (For those who answered “do not support”) what are the reasons? Please answer from the following seven responses. (N=222)  

Because it is a DPJ cabinet	29
Because it has bad policies	37
Because it is not internationally minded	19
Because it lacks leadership	26
Because it is not stable	36
Because its members are not trustworthy	20
Because it is not politically clean	16
Other	4
Cannot say/Do not know	4

 

Q2: Which political party do you currently support? Please choose only one. (N=931)  

Democratic Party of Japan	49
Liberal Democratic Party	13
New Komeito	3
Japan Communist Party	2
Social Democratic Party	2
The People’s New Party	0
Your Party	0
Reform Club	0
New Party Nippon	0
Other	0
Do not support any political party	27
Cannot say/Do not know	3

 

SQ1: (For those who answered “do not support any party” or “Cannot say/Do not support”) if you had to say, which party do you favor? Please select only one answer. (N=278)  

Democratic Party of Japan	25
Liberal Democratic Party	18
New Komeito	1
Japan Communist Party	3
Social Democratic Party	2
The People’s New Party	0
Your Party	1
Reform Club	0
New Party Nippon	0
Other	1
Do not favor any political party	36
Cannot say/Do not know	11

  (Support + preferred parties) (N=931)  

Democratic Party of Japan	56
Liberal Democratic Party	19
New Komeito	3
Japan Communist Party	3
Social Democratic Party	3
The People’s New Party	1
Your Party	1
Reform Club	0
New Party Nippon	0
Other	1
Do not support/favor any political party	11
Cannot say/Do not know	3

 

Q3: Do you positively or not positively evaluate the Hatoyama cabinet’s work so far? (N=931)  

Positively	66
Not positively	19
Neither	9
Cannot say/Do not know	6

 

SQ1: (For those who answered “Positively”) what is the biggest reason? Choose just one from the following six answers. (N=611)  

Approach toward economic measures	3
Approach toward cutting wasteful public spending	70
Approach toward pension/medical care problems	6
Approach toward diplomacy/national security	1
Approach toward the politics and money problem	6
Approach toward building a system of political leadership	10
Other	1
Cannot say/Do not know	2

 

SQ2: (For those who answered “Not positively”) what is the biggest reason? Choose just one from the following six answers. (N=180)  

Approach toward economic measures	23
Approach toward cutting wasteful public spending	12
Approach toward pension/medical care problems	14
Approach toward diplomacy/national security	9
Approach toward the politics and money problem	22
Approach toward building a system of political leadership	10
Other	6
Cannot say/Do not know	6

 

Q4: The government has begun a policy review based on the DPJ campaign manifesto. What do you think of this? (N=931)  

It must be carried out as promised	15
The review must take into account certain realities	80
Other	1
Cannot say/Do not know	5

 

Q5: Which main policies outlined in the DPJ manifesto do you think are necessary to review? Please select as many responses from the following seven choices as apply: (N=931)  

Elimination of highway tolls	48
Abolishment of gas and other provisional tax rates	24
Creation of a child allowance	36
Abolishment of public high school tuition	27
Introduction of income subsidies for individual farmers	19
Review the relocation plan for the Futenma US military base on Okinawa	27
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 25% of 1990 levels by 2020	25
Other	1
Do not think a review is needed	2
Cannot say/Do not know	8

 

Q9: Beginning with the U.S. base realignment on Okinawa, there are problematic issues within Japan-U.S. relations. What are your thoughts on the current Japan-U.S. relationship? (N=931)  

Going well	5
No change yet	32
A little anxiety	45
A lot of anxiety	10
Other	1
Cannot say/Do not know	7

 

Q10. In the future, what politician would you like to see demonstrate greater influence over Japanese politics? Please answer just one from the following. (N=931)  

Yukio Hatoyama	16
Katsuya Okada	11
Ichiro Ozawa	9
Naoto Kan	7
Seiji Maehara	10
Akira Nagatsuma	5
Sadakazu Tanigaki	2
Shigeru Ishiba	5
Nobuteru Ishihara	5
Yoichi Masuzoe	13
Other	4
Cannot say/Do not know	13

 

Polling Information  

F1: Gender (Determined by the polltaker) (N=931)  

Male	45
Female	55
Unknown	0

 

F2: What is your age? (N=931)  

20s	7
30s	14
40s	20
50s	19
60s	21
70s or older	17
Refused to answer	3

 

F3: What is your occupation? (N=931)  

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries	3
Employee (company, government, teacher, etc.)	44
Self-owned business, self-employed (including a homemaker)	12
Full-time housewife (without job only)	20
Student	2
Unemployed	16
Refused to answer	3