The Liberal Democratic Party has more than twice as much support as the Democratic Party of Japan, according to the latest Kyodo News survey.

The nationwide telephone poll conducted Saturday and Sunday also showed that Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has made slight inroads into the popularity of LDP leader Shinzo Abe.

The survey was conducted using calls made to numbers randomly generated by computer. A total of 1,754 eligible voters were reached, of whom 1,217 responded to the survey.