Labor 24, Likud 21 as Yesh Atid surges to 14. Majority of Yesh Atid and Kulanu voters want Herzog as prime minister.
A poll on the Knesset Channel a week ahead of March 17 elections gives the Labor and Hatnua “Zionist Camp” of Yitzhak Herzog and Tzipi Livni an edge over Likud, with Labor coming in at 24 mandates and Likud at 21.
Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid continues its comeback to 14 seats, still a far cry from its current 19, and the joint Arab list comes in next at 13 mandates. Jewish Home at 12 seats continues to come in at fifth, a trend in recent weeks with intermittent results at fourth place.
Moshe Kahlon’s Kulanu comes in next at nine, followed by Shas at seven, United Torah Judaism at six, and Yisrael Beytenu and Meretz getting five seats each. Eli Yishai’s Yachad – Ha’am Itanu joint list with Otzma Yehudit continues to pass the threshold with four seats.
The poll, which was conducted for the channel by Panels Politics, shows that 79% of Yesh Atid voters want their party to recommend Herzog for prime minister, while only 14% prefer Likud chairman Binyamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu brought the snap elections by kicking Lapid and Livni out of his coalition for what he termed a “putsch” attempt.
Likewise the poll found 47% of Kulanu supporters want Kahlon to recommend that Herzog form a coalition government, while 33% back Netanyahu and 20% are undecided.
Given the backing of the “centrist” parties of Yesh Atid and Kulanu, Labor would have 47 seats on its way to trying to reach a 61 seat majority needed in forming a coalition. However, last Friday Kahlon clarified that he would not join a coalition with parties that are “not nationalist,” indicating the Arab party and complicating Labor’s chances of coalition building.
It has been assessed that Netanyahu would have a greater likelihood in forming a coalition, and apparently would be given first crack in trying to do so.
A full 1,025 respondents were included in the wide survey, with a 3% margin of error.
@ Bear Klein:
BK:
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Who is more worthy between these two candidates to be Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu or Yitzchak Herzog?
50% Netanyahu, 34% Herzog, 16% Don’t know
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That single question and voter responses tells me more or less everything I need to know.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
NormanF Said:
In other words, more likely to vote. That has been an issue in the last two American presidential elections. Obama has had a much more effective ground operation and has gotten his people out to vote–Romney’s people stayed home.
Interesting that the Obama functionary that was sent to Tel Aviv to defeat Netanyahu was the ground game director. Watch out, this guy knows his stuff.
SHmuel HaLevi 2 Said:
I understand that part. I’m well aware that Obama and his people have been trying to subvert a foreign government and get Netanyahu’s oponents elected. What I don’t understand is this business with “phases” and the “president’s residence.” I think Netanyahu will ultimately put together a coalition and will continue to head the government. I hope he does. I no longer trust the left…and this comes from someone who had close ties to Labor many years ago and was hosted by the Labor Party and the Histadrut on his first (and only) trip to Israel 40 years ago. I don’t trust the current version of the left. How can you make peace with terrorists? So, I’m for the Right.
Amazing the subversion of the Israeli electoral process by the American left.
I like Yamit’s link – that is 100% true.
@ BethesdaDog:
It means that millions of dollars from Hussein Obama, (CIA, State Department, etc) as well as Soros, Abram and others are used to fabricate “polls” serving to prostitute reality, buying votes, blackmail, lie, sabotage and worse. Records show that huge sums have been pumped into Israel to destroy our state and people from within. Livni and the Hertzog, both criminals against the Jewish people and common law are the poster front for the above.
Those “polls” are contrived and cause intentionally immense harm. Then again causing harm, death, mayhem against Jews has been the lei motif of all that has transpired since Oslo.
I have no idea what half this stuff means. What the H___ is President’s Residence?
@ Bear Klein:
@ NormanF:
@ SHmuel HaLevi 2:
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@ NormanF:Yes you are reading the info correctly.
@ Bear Klein:
What’s interesting is voter intensity on the Right appears to be higher than on the Left. Netanyahu’s bid for a fourth term is going to rest on getting his voters out to the polls next week. The side can do that will win the election.
With all the foreign backing Zionist Union has, it can barely move the needle. Gee, wonder why?
Buzi and Livni will probably underperform relative to the polls. This is not good news for them at all.
And keep in mind Israel’s media is overwhelmingly leftist.
Figure that one.
The idiotic charade of “pollsters” trots on. Yesterday afternoon a credible,……poll gave the Likud 26.
12 hours later “mahhhapechcgcgcgah”! (phonetic Israeli slang Hebrew for “revolution”…)
🙂 LOL Now Obama leads. Simply out of this world. As far as I know, nothing has changed my friends.
Our poll shows not change at all.
The bottom part of this poll is interesting as ZU voters are not as sure they will vote them as Likud voters. Worth reading carefully.