This would be extremely funny but would also make a lot of sense. So far it’s an offhand remark by the Secretary-General (the party’s second-in-command)
Komeito’s disciplined organization is said to be able to turn out an average of 20,000 votes per single-member district (with very large variation, of course). Taking them off the LDP column and to the CDP column would flip a considerable number of seats, even if Takaichi gets a honeymoon boost
Edit: the reason this makes sense is that the Komeito has always temperamentally been centrist and skeptical of the LDP’s hawkish tendencies. It spent four decades in the opposition benches (joining the brief anti-LDP coalition government in the 90s), and its alliance with the LDP was always a bit off-kilter. It worked because the Komeito are a disciplined vote-gathering organization and the LDP values holding office more than anything else
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Least unbelievable thing of 2025, return of the left Komeito
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This would be extremely funny but would also make a lot of sense. So far it’s an offhand remark by the Secretary-General (the party’s second-in-command)
Komeito’s disciplined organization is said to be able to turn out an average of 20,000 votes per single-member district (with very large variation, of course). Taking them off the LDP column and to the CDP column would flip a considerable number of seats, even if Takaichi gets a honeymoon boost
Edit: the reason this makes sense is that the Komeito has always temperamentally been centrist and skeptical of the LDP’s hawkish tendencies. It spent four decades in the opposition benches (joining the brief anti-LDP coalition government in the 90s), and its alliance with the LDP was always a bit off-kilter. It worked because the Komeito are a disciplined vote-gathering organization and the LDP values holding office more than anything else
Least unbelievable thing of 2025, return of the left Komeito