T. Belman. During the campaign, I asked, why is Feiglin so strong while Bennett and Shaked are so weak. This article answers me in part. I wish him and Zehut well.
Seven clues to understand the mysterious appeal of Moshe Feiglin and Israel’s uniquely Jewish brand of libertarianism
What to make of Moshe Feiglin? Until a few months ago, the radical right-wing activist and former Likud backbencher was no one’s idea of a political contender, let alone kingmaker. Now, if polls are to be believed, Israelis casting their votes are slated to hand Feiglin’s party, Zehut—the word is Hebrew for identity—as many as seven Knesset seats, which might make it the most sought-after partner for anyone seeking to assemble the country’s next coalition. Much has already been writtenabout Zehut’s unorthodox platform, which advocates for a host of seemingly incompatible policies, such as the legalization of marijuana and the establishment of an independent halachic legal system side by side with the country’s secular courts. What’s behind the party’s rapid rise? Seven observations come to mind:
Feiglin Is a Spiritual Gangster: The Israeli pundits straining to explain Feiglin’s appeal were telling a simple, sour story: Duped by the candidate’s faux libertarian vibe and charmed by his emphasis on legalizing weed, scores of Israelis were too gullible or lazy to bother reading the other bits of his platform, and were cheering on a wolf who would, the moment he was elected, shed his sheep’s clothing and engage in extreme right-wing policies. But voters are rarely as dumb and deplorable as the media make them out to be. Most of Feiglin’s voters know precisely what he stands for, and they support him because, not in spite of it. Why? Because the left is decimated and out of ideas, and the right, a decade now in power, has done little but manage the status quo. Politics being every bit as much a game of emotional thrusts as it is of logical calculations, Israeli voters—just like voters in Ukraine, England, the United States and elsewhere—are yearning for someone who speaks not in the hushed tones of civil servants but in the passionate alto of a radical promising to reconnect the nation with its fundamental values. “The Zehut Party,” reads its href=”https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/1577ba_4e03172d301b4abd9cfdc5a2741f72b3.pdf”>platform, “grew out of a recognition formed over decades that it is not possible to repair the seemingly simple and practical problems of the State of Israel without leadership that believes in the G-d of Israel and turns to Him.” Which, the platform clarifies, doesn’t mean that the leadership has to be religious; it can be secular, and it should concern itself with earthly affairs like decriminalizing weed, as long as it is powered not by the grays of parliamentary democracy but by the stark blues and whites of a sacred horizon. When it comes to religion, most Israelis consider themselves, at the very least, traditional, and many are growing increasingly observant. Glance at the Instagram accounts of the country’s most popular singers, actors, and athletes, and you’ll see a bevy of famous men in tefillin and celebrated women lighting Shabbat candles to the digital adoration of their like-minded fans. These displays of immediate, unequivocal, and uncomplicated pride in being Jewish is sorely lacking from the established political parties. To some, like Likud, Judaism is a strategic asset, to be protected against future attacks. To others, like Blue and White, it’s a liability, to be negotiated with bearded haredi zealots. To Zehut, it’s the cornerstone, and one that is compatible with most other aspects of modern life. This spiritual affirmation is one that voters appreciate, and it was perfectly delivered by the straight-talking Feiglin, unadorned by heated rhetoric or empty promises. Most Israelis, it turns out, are far from repulsed by the idea of theirs being a really Jewish state.
Everyday Life Matters: Israelis going to the ballot today know one thing: No matter who’s elected, the nation’s policies moving forward are likely to remain more or less unchanged. Maybe Netanyahu will follow through on his recent promise to annex the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. Maybe Benny Gantz will come up with some new and creative way to revive the moribund Oslo Accords. But, most likely, whoever ends up being prime minister later this week will continue to tread lightly, avoiding major concessions and major conflagrations alike. This near-certainty frees Israeli voters to focus on their everyday lives, which, for the most part, are good. According to a 2017 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Israel’s long-term unemployment was the lowest of all of the organization’s 36 member nations—which include Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Japan, and others—and work-life balance continues to improve, with the percentage of employees working 50 hours or more a week dropping from 19% in 2012 to 15% in 2016. Israelis live longer, eat healthier, and enjoy life more than their counterparts in the Western world. And while many still have economic gripes related to the high cost of living, none of these are sufficient to fuel a real political movement. The tent protest that excited the imagination of reporters and editors in 2011 fizzled and all but disappeared, its leaders now ordinary politicians without many followers. In this climate of overall contentment, it’s the little issues, like marijuana, that are likely to take off: Legalization isn’t as hard to achieve as, say, a drastic reduction in housing prices, and it’s likely to have a small but meaningful impact on many Israelis’ quality of life. All other parties and candidates being the same, this sort of small impact might just make a difference.
Voters Want Real Diversity: As is the case in America, the champions of diversity in Israel are playing a bit of a con game by insisting that differences matter while stacking the institutions they control with people who think exactly alike. Last week, Kobi Oz, one of Israel’s most beloved musicians and authors, sparked a minor scandal when he argued that Meretz, the left-wing party beloved by the intelligentsia, was made up of Ashkenazi progressives who fail to practice the diversity they preach. Instead of recruiting people who meet the criteria of diversity in name only but all think alike and share a privileged socio-economic background, Feiglin recruited a truly diverse team that includes a rabbi and former member of Shas; a social worker and men’s rights activist; an economist; a marijuana legalization activist; and a new immigrant from France. These men and women share few life experiences and even fewer convictions, save for the party’s core principles. And most Israelis were thrilled to see a list that wasn’t comprised of yet another torrent of former media stars, former generals, and former corporate hot shots.
The Party System Is Broken …: Once upon a time, Israel’s political system was governed by one large party, Labor, with smaller satellite parties orbiting it and vying for influence. Then came the Big Bang of Likud’s 1977 electoral victory, which led to years of a two-party system and to curiosities like the Rotation, a political agreement under which Likud and Labor, each unable to secure enough votes to govern unilaterally, agreed to share power and take turns occupying the prime minister’s office. More recently, however, Israel has been swamped by scores of parties, big and small, coming together and breaking apart in every election cycle and leading Israelis to think of parties not as ideological homes but as consumer products, here to meet a fleeting fancy. In this climate, Feiglin realized there was no better way than to double down on consumer choice: Save for himself and his No. 2, all other candidates were nominated, selected, and ranked by Israelis voting online. More than 17,000 people registered to vote in Feiglin’s survey and they ushered in a slew of candidates who look and think nothing like anyone recruited by the apparatchiks of the bigger parties.
… And So Is the State: Older Israelis, those who grew up with Ben-Gurion and Begin and Dayan and Sharon, tend to see the state as a sacred entity, the near-perfect embodiment of the collective will. That’s why they believe that the men and women in government must display an impeccable character and a sterling record, and that’s why they grow frustrated when a prime minister, say, turns out to be the subject of a criminal investigation or five. Zehut, on the other hand, believes that the state governs best when it governs least, or, more accurately, governs smartest. For example, while the party doesn’t advocate for the dissolution of the Chief Rabbinate, it does propose that the Rabbinate lose most of its current powers. Instead, then, of awarding kashrut certificates, Zehut believes the Rabbinate should define the criteria of what constitutes kashrut, and then allow each eatery to declare whether or not it meets these criteria. “The kashrut standard will not deal with the requirements of supervising the kashrut of the product, but with its ingredients and the manner in which it is prepared,” reads Zehut’s platform. “Fraud regarding kashrut certification will be grounds for action against the advertised business, and will result in severe penalties like any consumer fraud.” It’s the sort of middle-ground arrangement, neither coercive nor truly laissez faire, that appeals to many Israelis who appreciate efficiency but cherish Judaism’s communal values and have no appetite for hard-core libertarianism.
They’re Still Making Up Their Minds: In a nation where bold, declarative statements often turn to sad jokes—remember Avigdor Lieberman’s promise to assassinate the leader of Hamas within 48 hours?—Zehut’s members are appealing in part because they know what they don’t know. The party’s No. 3, for example, Gilad Alper, was recently asked by a reporter to elaborate on his views regarding just who should be counted as a Jew. “I’ve never given it any thought,” Alper admitted. “I was never occupied by trying to think about whether an Orthodox Jew is more Jewish than a Reform Jew or vice versa. I’m so secular that I really don’t know the differences between these groups.” But his ignorance, he added, didn’t matter: Zehut has as many religious candidates as it does nonreligious candidates, and the organic conversation between them is much more valuable—and thrilling—than some prefabricated platform that states its views dogmatically. Whenever a party’s member is confronted with someone else in the party thinking differently, he or she is likely to sound delighted rather than exasperated; one member, a life-long socialist, recently admitted that conversations with her fellow candidates convinced her to endorse capitalism instead. If nothing else, Israelis find this candor refreshing.
Feiglin Solves the Bibi Problem: As a member of Likud, Feiglin was Netanyahu’s scourge, challenging the prime minister at every turn. As an independent candidate, he has managed to solve the key issue many Israelis have this election cycle, the problem of simultaneously believing that Bibi is doing a good enough job keeping the country safe and prosperous and, at the same time, disliking Bibi for any number of reasons, some personal and some substantive. Rather than position himself as Bibi’s alternative, as Gantz and Yair Lapid and everyone else running for office had done, Feiglin cannily marketed himself both as Bibi’s potential partner and his inquisitor, a fierce outsider who shares enough of the prime minister’s right-wing beliefs but who would nonetheless hold Bibi accountable like never before. Because many Israelis assume that Bibi is likely to become the next prime minister, they welcome the opportunity to vote for a party that would help crown Bibi yet again and then immediately hold his feet to the fire.
@ Edgar G.: Edgar, I am really sorry that your aliyah experience was such a bad one. I only made two brief visits to Israel, one of which was a pre-aliya tour. But I encountered even from these two visits, the longest one for six weeks, a “backsheesh” culture, where people wouldn’t do you even the simplest of favors without being given some sort of bribe, the currency black market, etc. Even more upseting to me,however, was the sheer incompetence of Israelis, their terrible rudeness, and their sure instinct for behaving obnoxiously towards foreigners. Also, their sure instinct for making themselves look a lot worse than they actually were-a sure instinct for bad public relations. I gradually realized that many Israelis weren’t really as bad as their atrocious manners and tendency to make offensive, provocative remarks would suggest. But the damage to Israel’s image in the eyes of foreign visitors was nevertheless immense.
@ Bear Klein: I agree completely with everything you say, Bear. Dividing the Right when it desperately needed to unite was not only irresponsible–it was simply wrong. Another, perfhaps eve more disastrous “tactical” error was Shaked’s “fascist perfume” ad. She was obviously trying to cash in on her sex appeal. There was probably a strong backlash, however, from right-leaning voters, dos of whom don’t approve of the pervasiveness of sexuality in advertising and entertainment,, and who are not disposed to look favorably on women who try to use their sexuality to advance their careers. Her suggestion that she was a “fascist,” and that fascism “smelled like democracy” to her, couldn’t have one the New Right any votes, either.
However, the evidence that there was widespread electoral fraud is an issue in itself, regardless of which parties benefited or lost from it. The reports of widespread fraud in such a hard-fought election are likely to turn Israelis a way from politics, diminish the prestige and authority of Parliament, and increase the powers of the already autocratic, unaccountable Seem Court.
@ Adam Dalgliesh:
In hindsight when one examines what Bennett & Shaked did in starting the New Right and breaking off from the Jewish Home was very ill advised.
Many of the voters of the Jewish Home are very loyal to the Jewish Home as the home of Dati Leumi (Religious Nationalism). They were angered by Bennett & Shaked leaving the party that had embraced them plus made them the leaders of the party.
Bennett left because some of the Rabbis in the party had as much clout as the party leader. The party was perceived as predominately Religious Zionists and agreed to let Bennett open to right wing secular’s who have the same nationalistic goals.
There is ONLY ONE large party on the Right that has both religious and secular and that is the Likud. The Likud is a long time institution that has very many loyal voters in many areas of the country (South, Jerusalem, Judea/Samaria).
Reflecting for the “New Right” to succeed it was going to have to cannibalize the Likud. If it could not do that it was not going to be successful.
If the parties in the Jewish Home Block, had joined forces with Feiglin, Orly Levy and Bennett they might have been a medium sized party. However Bennett broke the Jewish Home up instead of building up it patiently in hindsight.
The issue is not whether a 1000 votes were lost or stolen somewhere but about the strategic decision Bennett/Shaked made apparently in haste without adequate study. Hindsight is easy. I have started several businesses in my life and not all of them were successful. If one starts enterprises one risks failure. Starting a new political party is certainly a new venture and it is very clear that it is not easy to succeed.
@ Adam Dalgliesh:
Adam…I never had any confidence In anything in Israel…except the weather, the oranges and the IDF. Anything to do with people and power are suspect and generally crooked. My opinion.
Many years ago an old girl friend came back from a year in Israel. She told me that it was “the sump hole of the Mediterranean”… that all the rubbish from around the world had gathered there, that I wouldn’t believe the filth that goes on there. …and more.
The story of my own aliya could be made into a book. As it was, it was made into the whole double centrefold of L’Isha.. the large Israeli magazine. You can see my handsome visage portrayed there, for the females to swoon over. The article resulted in a legal case started against the magazine and also myself….. It fizzled because everything I alleged was 100% true.
@ Bear Klein: As I am sure you know, Bear, the “final” report of the Election committee, after all of the votes were counted, is that the New Right didn’t make it into the Knesset. But the reports of questionable and even impossible returns from so many places, and so many “irregularities” of all sorts, such as large votes for Bald from Jewish settlements, returns from Bedouin settlements 3 or 4 times the number of registered voters, etc., makes it completely impossible to determine whether the vote count was correct. The Committee has reserved the right to make further changes in the vote when it makes its official report on April 17. As Yogi wisely noted, it ain’t over until its over. However, whatever they end up claiming are the final vote totals, my confidence in the integrity of the Israeli electoral system is completely shattered. I have no doubt that nearly all the parties, and probably many of the people involved in the vote-counting, did everything they could to rig the election.
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/New-Right-makes-it-into-Knesset-after-counting-soldiers-votes-586463
The New Right has made credible allegations of vote-tampering with the absentee ballots, in order to deprive them of the four seats they have won. Other evidence is trickling in of massive vote tampering in various parts of the country, including Judea-Samaria. Plainly, Israel’s electoral process has lost its integrity, just as its judicial system lost its integrity years ago, and its judges have become mere political hacks, appointed by their “retired” predecessors.I’ve despaired of any reform of Israeli society that will make it able to defend itself. Maybe its time for Israel to be “phased out.” by a U.S. aid cutoff, accompanied by generous terms for admitting Israeli Jews to the United States as refugees from (Arab) racial and religious persecution. My “ideal” would be for all of the Israeli leftists, including the “Supremes,” public prosecutors, “legal advisors,” etc. to be banned from the United States, and only loyal Israeli citizens granted refugee status here. The leftists should be handed over to whatever Arab authority or group emerges to replace Israel to dispose of as they wish. But of course all of this is as much a fantasy as a reformed, viable Israel.
I guess the most that can be hoped for for realistically will be an attempt to revive Torah-true Judaism in the United States and other diaspora countries. Of course, even that will prove a daunting task.
New Right party asking for recount after election result confusion
Now we are being told they have come up short.
@ Bear Klein: Great!
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261694
@ Adam Dalgliesh:
I just saw that article, hopefully Bennett & Shaked do make it past the thresh-hold.
From today’s Times of Israel:
@ Bear Klein: Again, Bear, many thanks for keeping me informed.
The “Soldiers” Votes (i.e. Soldiers, Prisoners, Diplomats) will be completely counted by the 11th mid-afternoon. This is 200K+ votes. It could change who gets most seats (Likud up only a little), Shas could get another seat, UTJ could lose a seat, Bennett could get in still.
@ Adam Dalgliesh:
The votes come in gradually but are not regularly posted or reported. I hear unofficially on Hadshot 13 that 99% of the vote was in. I would at this point be extremely surprised if “New Right” makes it in.
Bear, have the soldiers votes come in yet? The reporting of the English language press is incredibly slow, and it doesn’t contain any reference to its having come in. But surely by this time it must have. Can you update me? A lot rides on whether the soldiers have pushed the New Right over the top.
Sababa is the word of the day in Hebrew for the right as it looks 65 to 55 seats.
One huge issue is that Lieberman has 5 Seats. He demands that Haredim must serve per the law that was set to be voted before. There are now 16 Haredi seats.
Also he wants to raise pensions especially for immigrant retires and he insists on a stronger response to Hamas. I assume he will also insist of Defense Ministry with power to do what he wants verus Hamas.
To emphasis his negotiating strength he now flew overseas.
I still think it is possible that Bibi will try to get Gantz ( without Ya’alon and Lapid) into the coalition. Whether this happens, probably not.
Bibi is praying Bennett still passes the thresh hold.
Bolton says US will release Trump plan very soon. I have heard by June.
@ Adam Dalgliesh:Vote sharing only applies if one passes the thresh hold, it does not apply if you do not get 3.25%
New Right got around 3.15 of the vote of what has been counted. If it gets around 5% of the soldiers votes it will pass the thresh hold. Possible but a huge maybe. New Right has a vote sharing agreement with Yisrael Betenyu.
I do not know how prisoners vote and how many bother.
Unless you are a diplomat and you are not in Israel on election you do not get to vote. 60,000 Israelis were abroad. Israel has no mail in absentee ballots like many USA states do.
Overall more Israeli’s in pure number voted than ever before even though the percentage was 67% or so as compared 71% last time. 6 Million were eligible to vote.
@ Bear Klein: Thanks for keeping me updated , Bear.
Could vote-sharing agreements change the results? Did the New Right have a vote-sharing agreement with someone? If so, how many seats could that give the right even if it doesn’t make it into the Knesset.
How do the Israeli prisoners usually vote, and how many votes do they have?
What about Israelis who live permanently in Israel, but were traveling abroad on election day? Do they get to vote? When will their votes be counted, if they do?
Sorry to bombard you with all of these questions. But I have no one to turn to other than yourself for this vital information. Getting it on the web is virtually impossible; all of the Israeli sites are anti-Bibi and left except Arutz Sheva, which provides inadequate and late coverage, although they do their best with limited resources.
Officials now counting votes of soldiers, diplomats
With some 97% votes counted, the Central Election Committee has started counting the so-called double envelope ballots, cast by soldiers in their bases and diplomats overseas.
The vast majority of these are the votes of soldiers, which traditionally skew to the right and could change the make up of the next government.
The biggest influence will likely be over two parties hovering around the election threshold.
New Right is currently not making it into the Knesset, polling at 3.14%, but is hoping soldiers’ votes will push it beyond 3.25%.
The Arab Ra’am-Balad party is at 3.45%, but unlikely to garner many of the soldiers votes and could still fall out of the race.
Counting the double envelopes is a slow task with officials having to make sure they did not vote on their bases and again at their homes and is expected to be completed by Wednesday afternoon.
2019 elections results: After about 97% of the votes have been counted, this is the distribution of seats:
Likud – 35
Blue and White – 35
Shas – 8
United Torah Judaism – 8
Labor – 6
Hadash-Ta’al – 6
Union of Right-Wing Parties – 5
Yisrael Beytenu – 5
Kulanu – 4
Meretz – 4
Ra’am-Balad – 4
New Right – 0
Diplomatic votes are counted in Knesset and are the last votes counted.
Although all the election results must be in by now, none of the Israeli or American websites are reporting it. All of them are dominated by Dewey Sweeps the Nation reports. A “severe setback” for Netanyahu. “Blue and White take the Lead,” “A tight race” (Israel Hayom). “Both sides claim victory,” “Netanyahu and Gantz neck and neck,” and similar blather. Even on Arutz Sheva, you have to look really hard for the latest actual vote-count–in small print. And only the 95% count, even though 100% must be available by now. i24 finally put up a 2-1/2 segment acknowledging a right wing victory. But all of the Twitter comments about the election crow about Gantz’s splendid victory and Bibi’s humiliating defeat. We live in a world of reality-denial.
Latest UNOFFICIAL SEATS:
Likud – 37
Blue and White – 36
Shas – 8
United Torah Judaism – 8
Labor – 6
Hadash-Ta’al – 6
Union of Right-Wing Parties – 5
Yisrael Beytenu – 5
Kulanu – 4
Meretz – 4
Ra’am-Balad – 0
New Right – 0
Balad-Ra’am – 0
Zehut – 0
Gesher – 0
2019 elections results: After about 95% of the votes have been counted, this is the distribution of seats: Per Artuz Sheva – Official votes certified 8 days after election
Likud – 35
Blue and White – 35
United Torah Judaism – 8
Shas – 8
Labor – 6
Hadash-Ta’al – 6
Union of Right-Wing Parties – 5
Yisrael Beytenu – 5
Kulanu – 4
Meretz – 4
Ra’am-Balad – 4
New Right – 0
Thanks for the update, Bear. If these percentages hold up when the last 10 per cent of the votes are counted, if I count correctly, the right-wing block will end up with 68 seats to 52 for the left bloc-a solid victory.
Have the army votes come in yet? The prisoners’ vote (why should they be allowed to vote?)
According to Artuz Sheva with 90% counted:
Likud – 37, Blue and White – 36
90% of the votes counted. Shas will enjoy eight seats in the 21st Knesset, United Torah Judaism – seven and Liberman – six.
Likud – 37
Blue and White – 36
Shas – 8
United Torah Judaism – 7
Yisrael Beytenu – 6
Labor – 6
Kulanu – 5
Union of Right-Wing Parties – 5
Meretz – 5
Hadash-Ta’al – 5
New Right – 0
Balad-Ra’am – 0
Zehut – 0
Gesher – 0
Update with 66% counted – 4:30am per Hadashot (news) 13
Likud 38 –
Blue White 33?
Shas 8
UTJ 7
Lieberman 6
Kahol 5
Labor 6
meretz 5
Jewish Home Block 5
Arabs ?
Not all votes counted but with what has been counted plus exit polls News 13 presented above results. Soldiers & Diplomat votes not yet counted.
New Right has NOT passed thresh hold are hoping to get enough votes from soldiers to get seated in Knesset.
Lieberman has six seats and Shas 8, Kahol 4, Meretz 5, Labor 6, UTJ 7, Jewish Home Block 5. I think Arab party (Oded) has 7 and Balad 4
Likud 35, Blue White34
Zehut did not pass thresh hold.
@ Adam Dalgliesh:
Do you know Hebrew use your web to http://10tv.nana10.co.il/
Bibi Won – 35 Mandates – Blue White 34
Right 65 – Left + Arabs 55
Discussion now what will the coalition look like.
@ Bear Klein: Bear, I can’t get live election updates from Israel on my Safari program. Can you send them to me on this page? It is now 8.24pm EST where I am–I think that’s 3.24 am Israel time. Even Arutz Sheva refuses to give live updates. Please help. I am tired of polls and want to know the actual vote count in real time. Many thanks, Adam
Lieberman looks like he will be the King Maker because as of now his party has six seats (Yisrael Betenyu).
Which is ironic because the coalition broke up because he left it. Bibi is praying that Bennet/Shake pass the threshold so the Lieberman does not become the King Maker.
Naturally he will demand Defense Minister. If Bennett/Shaked pass with just 4 seats could you really give them Defense and Justice while the Likud has 35 Seats?
New Right very close to passing thresh hold but need a few more votes. Feiglin needs more also but are a little farther behind than the New Right.
On Channel 13 (Hebrew) in actual vote counts until now (2:22 am Israeli time):
Likud 35
Blue/White 34-
Right 65 –
Left & Arabs 55
Solider’s not yet counted typically 8%. They usually vote mostly right.
@ Bear Klein: Even worse, in my opinion, exit polls are predicting that the Bennet-Shaked party, New Right, won’t make it into the Knesset either. We badly need Shaked as miister of justice.
However, the exit polls proved wildly wrong in 2015, and that may happen again. As Bear points out, we haven’t got the votes of the army in yet.
History buffs may remember that Abraham Lincoln won reelection with the votes of the Union Army soldiers.
Based on Exit Polls (which do not include votes past 8:00pm or soldiers votes or the diplomats votes, Feiglin did not make it pass the threshold.
I am going to paste (some) of an article that is from a leftist view of Feiglin the article if one ignores the leftist slant has some good insight to why Feiglin APPEARS to be doing well in the election. (See if his voters turn out especially the young ones who may go to the beach today).
https://www.timesofisrael.com/up-in-smoke-how-pro-pot-feiglin-has-won-over-voters-unfazed-by-his-extremism/
Feiglin published a manifesto of what should be done in Israel. It is the 4th best selling Hebrew book in Israel.
Trouble with Feiglin is that he is willing to partner with Blue/White. So he can not be trusted to do the right thing. .Yes he some good ideas but if becomes the King Maker what type of potential troubles will occur.
He has never been pragmatic as a politician. Some of the young voters are potentially voting for him.