Japan ruling party not assured of majority in upcoming election: poll

Time for change, voters! We've had enough of the corruption and double standards of the LDP for too long. Look at what these guys have given us, crippling taxes and rocketing prices. Anyone could do better than this!

Vote out the LDP and Komeito. Vote party, not individuals.

The more I think about it, it seems that Ishiba was elected as LDP party leader just to be the fall guy. Everything was pointing to Takaichi as winning and then suddenly at the last minute Ishiba pulled it out. He then called a snap election but people are still angry about the slush fund scandal and other malfeasance by the LDP. Now it looks like they may lose their majority, and even Komeito is in trouble in some ridings. Ishiba will then step down, and a new leader, either Koizumi or Takaichi will ride in take over and save the party!

Noda's decision to go to the polls less than a month after taking office...

Could have sworn it was Ishiba's decision...

Moderator: Thanks for pointing that out.

time to change and kick out LPD which aim is simply to get more rich with our money.

dbsaiyaToday  07:28 am JST

Vote out the LDP and Komeito. Vote party, not individuals.

Voters can't always choose the party they prefer, they don't always have candidates in every constituency. They may have to vote for the least worst alternative to the LDP or Komeito.

MarkXToday  07:31 am JST

Ishiba will then step down, and a new leader, either Koizumi or Takaichi will ride in take over and save the party!

How? They're both mediocre. They have no talent for anything except self-advancement and not much of that either as neither of them have won a leadership election.

Now it looks like they may lose their majority, and even Komeito is in trouble in some ridings. Ishiba will then step down, and a new leader, either Koizumi or Takaichi will ride in take over and save the party!

On September 30, when Ishiba had not even been installed, the kingpins were already discussing whom go with after Mr. Ishiba, per sources in Nagatacho.

He unfortunately seems destined to be an interim prime minister. Let’s see what happens.

Nah, nothing is going to change. Japan will vote LDP for the next 40 or 50 years, until there's no voting population left.

It doesn't matter that they are the worst Party in the history of Japan, by far the most corrupt and incompetent, people will still vote for them just because they are afraid of change.

Voters can't always choose the party they prefer, they don't always have candidates in every constituency. They may have to vote for the least worst alternative to the LDP or Komeito.

Actually in Japan's system they can. Seats in the Diet are allocated based on single seat constituency and also proportional representation. A voter may not have a candidate in their district running for a given party, but can at least still vote for that party in the proportional representation ballot (they get votes for each), provided that the party meets the minimum threshold to appear on the proportional representation ballot.

rainydayToday  11:49 am JST

Actually in Japan's system they can. Seats in the Diet are allocated based on single seat constituency and also proportional representation.

True enough but there are a lot more Diet members elected from single seat constituencies. The deposit to be a PR candidate is also a lot higher so I'm not sure how many opposition parties can afford to fund.

DanteKHToday  10:07 am JST

People will still vote for [the LDP] just because they are afraid of change.

No they won't though. The LDP will be doing well if they get votes from a third of the electorate but such are the problems with the elections here that they don't actually need popular support to win.

I guess, any result is fine for them and they can live well with any outcome. If they win, maybe now with a few seats less, then it is ok and nothing has changed. And if they should lose, they just let others, the opposition block, try to clean up their mess, and as this of course can nothing else than fail too, then they will just easily return to power again after the short Noda intermezzo, and probably even more forcefully, with expectations that then Ms Takaichi is at the top. Everything for them is and remains in the green range, don't worry whatever the result looks like.

quercetumToday 09:47 am JST

On September 30, when Ishiba had not even been installed, the kingpins were already discussing whom go with after Mr. Ishiba, per sources in Nagatacho.

He unfortunately seems destined to be an interim prime minister. Let’s see what happens.

Can you provide any links so that we can check the veracity of this claim?

Let’s hope the headline is so but it won’t be. Any win will be manipulated into a mandate and frankly none of my Japanese friends care anything about politics or what the government does as they see them totally out of touch with anyone but themselves.

We can only hope

Misrules that victim even the lives of many citizen or innumerable scandals, But, if Japanese society will give most votes to LDP as ever, regime eternally never change in Japan until ruin.