The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s approval rating remained high, at 41%, following its landslide victory in the Lower House election under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, while support for the Democratic Party for the People (DPP) and Sanseito stayed sluggish, according to a Nikkei poll released Monday.
The strong post-election showing followed the Takaichi-led LDP’s two-thirds majority win in the Feb. 8 Lower House election — a stark contrast to last July’s Upper House race, when the party’s approval rating fell to 24% under then-Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who later resigned after losing a majority.
Respondents to the survey conducted over the weekend, however, were less enthusiastic about the LDP’s dominance in the Lower House. Forty-nine percent said the party could have won fewer seats, while 44% said the outcome was appropriate. Only 4% said they would have preferred the LDP to win more seats.
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