小泉氏トップも５．６ポイント減＝菅氏が伸ばす－「次の首相」時事調査

　時事通信の１０月の世論調査で、次の首相にふさわしい人物を尋ねたところ、小泉進次郎環境相が１８．８％でトップだった。前回同じ質問をした３月調査でも小泉氏は１位だったが、支持率は５．６ポイント減った。新元号「令和」の発表で知名度を高めた菅義偉官房長官が大きく支持率を伸ばしたのが目立った。
　小泉氏に続き、自民党の石破茂元幹事長が１５．８％（前回１８．９％）、安倍晋三首相が１０．３％（同１４．２％）。上位３人は前回と変わらなかったが、いずれも支持率を下げた。
　前回１．６％で７位だった菅氏は８．０％となり、４位に躍り出た。「ポスト安倍」候補では、自民党の岸田文雄政調会長が７．５％（同５．１％）、河野太郎防衛相が５．７％（同１．９％）、茂木敏充外相が１．７％（同０．１％）などとなった。
　自民党支持層に限ってみると、安倍氏が２０．８％の首位で、小泉氏１５．２％、石破氏１４．６％、菅氏１２．６％の順。続いて岸田氏１２．３％、河野氏９．４％、茂木氏３．２％などだった。
　調査は１１～１４日に全国の１８歳以上の男女２０００人を対象に個別面接方式で実施。有効回収率は６２．２％だった。（2019/10/18-17:05）

The largest proportion of the Japanese public want new Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi to become the country's next prime minister, but he has suffered a decline in popularity, a Jiji Press opinion survey for October showed Friday.
   Koizumi, who took his first ministerial post in a cabinet reshuffle in September, was chosen as the best person to become next prime minister by 18.8 pct of respondents, topping the list of possible candidates.
   But his support rate fell by 5.6 percentage points from the March survey, which included the same question.
   Shigeru Ishiba, former secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, came second with support from 15.8 pct, down from 18.9 pct, followed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with 10.3 pct, down from 14.2 pct.
   Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga enjoyed a surge in his support rate, rising to fourth place with 8.0 pct, from seventh with 1.6 pct, apparently reflecting his higher name recognition after announcing the new Japanese era name of Reiwa on April 1 at a closely watched televised news conference.