Shinjiro Koizumi’s Election Blunders: What Went Wrong in the LDP Presidential Race

Shinjiro KoizumiMrspeech writerORPolitical consultants are completely useless.

In a poll conducted by the Sankei Shimbun and others, when asked which of the nine candidates running for the LDP presidential election was best suited to become the next president, former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi came out the most popular among LDP supporters.29.4%he was at the top.2nd place isGeneral Secretary Ishiba Shigemoto24.1%, 3rd placeSanae Takaichi, deputy minister for economic and security affairs, had a rate of 16.3%.

Among non-LDP supporters, Koizumi and Ishiba’s rankings are reversed.3rd place goes to Mr. TakaichiRu.

(Terashima Announcer)「Who is the right person to be the new president? Mr. Koizumi is ranked first among LDP supporters, while Mr. Ishiba is ranked first among non-LDP supporters. Mr. Tanaka, how do you feel about that? “

(Mr. Tanaka)「First of all, it’s the LDP presidential election, so there’s no point in conducting a poll that doesn’t just include LDP supporters, right? Also, even if you’re a supporter of the Liberal Democratic Party, if you’re not a member or friend of the Liberal Democratic Party, you’ll have to take the presidential election with a grain of salt. I don’t know if it’s reliable, but the Yomiuri Shimbun recently published a poll of party members and friends for the presidential election. So when I looked at the situation, Takaichi-san and Ishiba-san were tied with 123 votes.Koizumi has a big lead with 105 votes.No matter what poll you look at, Koizumi’s base ratings among Diet members are high. I don’t know if that’s true, but when it comes to party members and friends, Koizumi is far behind. Therefore, politicians who support Koizumi have a strong sense of crisis.」

Mr. Tanaka stressed that Mr. Koizumi made a mistake in the way he fought the presidential election.

(Mr. Tanaka)「The main battlefield now is the Internet. Mr. Ishiba has strong support from senior party members and party friends who watch TV, and the votes of local agricultural cooperatives have not affected. That is why the main battlefield now is the Internet, and Mr. Koizumi made a bad move in the early stages..Satoshi Fujii, a regular commentator on “Good Morning Tera-chan,” was also fiercely critical..Mr. Koizumi’s message at the press conference was to “remove the annual income barrier and substantially raise taxes.””Right?Mr. Koizumi is currently making various excuses, but if he says these things at an early stage, it cannot be avoided that people think that this is a tax increase. In other words, the advice of the speechwriters who drafted Mr. Koizumi’s remarks, the political advisors, and the leading politicians who support him is completely inadequate.」

(Terashima Announcer) 「I think so. Including the way you look at things.

(Mr. Tanaka)「Furthermore, the relaxation of layoff rules is clearly seen as a benefit for companies. If you look at the policy proposals, it is obvious that they are intended that way. However, Koizumi must have had a sense of crisis when he said in his speech yesterday: “We will implement a proactive fiscal policy. We will not focus on making the primary balance profitable in just one year.””That’s what I’m saying. I’m saying things that are obvious to me now, but it’s already too late. I think online support will probably continue to decline, but how much will that affect the fluctuating votes of party members and friends?」

(Terashima Announcer)「The issues I would like to see addressed in the presidential election are:“Measures against high prices”was the most common with about 50%.“Regulatory reform to encourage companies to move human resources by easing layoff rules”Over 60% of respondents said they strongly or somewhat agree.

(Mr. Tanaka)「Clarifying the rules on dismissal is beneficial for both workers and management, so it would be better to do so, but Mr. Koizumi’s story is clearly in favor of companies.“By eliminating regulations that fire people who are stuck in big companies, they will grow into startups and small and medium-sized businesses.”That’s not true, is it? Startups have a nice name, but the wages are high, the wages are low, and even the wages of small and medium-sized businesses are low compared to those of big companies. The bigger problem is that it’s a micro-issue that involves hundreds or thousands of people with employment issues in Japan as a whole, and demonizes things like “layoff regulations,” “ride-sharing,” and “annual income barriers,” treating them as hostile forces, thereby increasing their political power. My father did it that way.

(Terashima Announcer)「That’s right, Mr. Junichiro Koizumi.”

(Mr. Tanaka)“There will be no economic recovery without the privatization of the post office.””Such a false message. The postal service was privatized, but deflation has been stagnant since then. However, the economic volume of postal privatization is even greater. In comparison, this story is important for those who are facing this problem, but if you think about the economy as a whole, it is the people who are treated as a hostile force, right? This time, Shinjiro Koizumi is treating the people as a hostile force. It’s stupid.”

Koizumi, Takaichi, Ishiba pave way for LDP presidential election, runoff likely: 20% of members undecided;　| Sankei Shimbun (Italian: https://www.sankei.com//)

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