Abe Gamble Set to Pay Off as Polls Show Chance of Bigger Win
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s gamble on a snap election to renew his mandate to revive the economy is about to pay off, a series of large-scale media polls show.
Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party may expand its majority in the lower house in the Dec. 14 election, according to polls released by five newspapers today. His coalition with junior partner Komeito will probably keep its “super” two-thirds majority, a margin that allows the chamber to override decisions in the upper house, the surveys show.