of trepidation, they are hopeful that all of the covid restrictions have gradually been lifted so they are slightly hopeful about a post— pandemic livestyle coming back to them slowly but surely, but at the same time, there is a lot of stress and disappointment and frankly quite a great deal of aggrievance to the ruling coalition about about how the government, led by first prime minister shinzo abe and then prime minister suga, have handled the response to the pandemic. we have to see. this is one of the most unpredictable elections i have seen, that polling results have continue to change right up until the last minute. it will be very very interesting to see how unaffiliated voters will move. how big of a voting percentage