New Komeito faces a backlash from its pacifist supporters.

新公明党面对这他们支持者中的和平主义者的强烈反对。

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But New Komeito favours an early general election, while the LDP's prospects might never look better than with an immediate Aso bounce in the polls.

但公明党倾向于提前大选，到时自民党将找不出比麻生民意更好的候选人。

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The LDP is strong in the countryside, while New Komeito is powerful in many urban districts.

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Mr Ikeda took over the leadership in 1960 and soon formed the Komeito (Clean Government Party).

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But Mr Koizumi's junior coalition partner, the Buddhist-backed New Komeito, has balked at the idea.

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