Koizumi’s approach was to defy the LDP’s leaders by appealing over their heads directly to the electorate. He successfully portrayed himself as a rebel resisting the LDP’s old guard, actually purging some of them, in defense of ordinary Japanese.
小泉走的是违逆自民党领导人的路，绕过他们直接投合选民的心意。他成功地将自己塑造成一个反叛者，为了日本的普通百姓而违抗自民党的保守势力，甚至真的清理了其中一些人。