The swing against the LDP was even more startling given the scepticism people felt about the untried DPJ, forged from four former parties that spanned the fiscally conservative to the socialist.

• 考虑到人们对于缺乏经验、并且脱胎于四个旧党派（其范围从财政保守主义派到社会主义者不等）的民主党所报有之怀疑态度，那么这种不利于自民党的转变就更加令人惊讶了。