The ranking of political party support conducted by the mass media shows the Liberal Democratic Party in first place, the Japan Restoration Association in second, and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in third.
The KDP, which I support, is in fifth place, with few people actively supporting it.
I support the KDP because it is basically a conservative party.
Although the KDP is a conservative party, it actually includes not only conservative members but also a considerable number of liberal members, and I have the impression that it is becoming more liberal, especially recently.
The KMT's major support base is the former Alliance-affiliated industrial labor unions, which are in the vein of the former Democratic Socialist Party (DPJ).
The Minsha Party was a more right-leaning conservative party than the LDP.
During my working years, I was a committee member of UA Zensen, and because of our close political ideology, I supported the KDP and am still a member of the party.
A representative election for the KDP was held.
The two candidates vying for the presidency were Tamaki and Maehara.
While Tamaki would not rule out teaming up with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) government in order to realize its policies, Maehara, on the other hand, is of the opinion that the DPJ should work with opposition parties (the Japan Restoration Association is probably in mind) from a non-LDP standpoint, thus taking a different line.
I recently received a ballot for the representative election. Since voting can be done on the web as well as by mail ballot, I voted on the web.
結果は玉木代表が80ポイントで、前原代表代行に49ポイント差で代表に再選された。
The voting results above show that many Diet members, local members, party members, and supporters all voted for Representative Tamaki.
What is worrisome is the small number of party members and supporters.
The Liberal Democratic Party has 1.12 million party members. The Rikken Democratic Party has 100,000 members, and the Japan Restoration Association has 40,000.
Politics is driven by the power of numbers. Therefore, no matter how good the policies of the KDP may be, it will be difficult to realize them unless the party is in power.
Therefore, I think it is possible to form a coalition government with the Liberal Democratic Party, depending on the situation.
On one TV program, Representative Tamaki was asked what kind of minister he would like to be if he formed a coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party.
Tamaki responded, "Prime Minister.
I thought that was quite mischievous and good.
