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The 40.7% backing for the bloc far outpaced support for any other alternative arrangement, largely reflecting the sustained popularity of LDP President and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); });

Only 8.4% of respondents said they hoped for a government led by the Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA), signaling limited public appetite for a change in power. Another 8.7% favored expanding the ruling coalition to include the Democratic Party for the People (DPP), while smaller shares backed adding Sanseito or the centrists to the existing bloc.

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