The Japanese leader's election gambit, fueled by the power of her personality and some unlikely help from young voters consumed by “Sanamania,” appears to have paid off.
It really wasn’t much of a gamble, more of an obvious low risk high reward power grab, the result was not in doubt. Hence Takaichi calling the snap election herself. The lower estimations of Takaichi’s approval rating were around 60%. That would be a worse case scenario and still a majority. On the high end, she was looking at close to 80%. Final results for her coalition will likely be in between that, leaning towards the high end.
It really wasn’t much of a gamble, more of an obvious low risk high reward power grab, the result was not in doubt. Hence Takaichi calling the snap election herself. The lower estimations of Takaichi’s approval rating were around 60%. That would be a worse case scenario and still a majority. On the high end, she was looking at close to 80%. Final results for her coalition will likely be in between that, leaning towards the high end.