New Poll Shows Ofer Vinter's Party Falling Below Election Threshold
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
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- Ofer Vinter's party falls below the election threshold in a new poll.
- Joint List strengthens to 8 mandates after Balad chairman's departure.
- Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar! leads with 23 mandates; Likud has 21.
- Naftali Bennett's party rebounds to 12 mandates.
- Ra'am's 5 mandates are key for the change bloc's majority.
A new poll released by Kan News indicates a significant shift in the Israeli political landscape just 23 days before the upcoming elections. The Amcha Yisrael party, led by Ofer Vinter, has dropped below the electoral threshold for the first time in weeks. Concurrently, the Joint List has strengthened its position, reaching 8 mandates following the departure of Balad chairman Sami Abu Shahadeh.
Yashar!, headed by Gadi Eisenkot, remains the largest party in the survey with 23 mandates. The Likud party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, shows stability with 21 mandates. Naftali Bennett's Together party has rebounded to 12 mandates, recovering from a previous dip, while Yair Golan's Democrats party has fallen to 8 mandates.
The most notable change is Vinter's Amcha Yisrael party failing to pass the electoral threshold. The Joint List's gain of 8 mandates is attributed partly to Abu Shahadeh's withdrawal, which followed discussions about disqualifying his candidacy and a recommendation from Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit for him to step down.
Other parties' standings include Otzma Yehudit with 8 mandates and Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism-Identity maintaining 6 mandates. The Reservists-Economic Union, led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zehlikha, has crossed the threshold with 4 mandates. Ra'am also holds steady with 5 mandates, a crucial number as the change bloc needs their support to achieve a 61-mandate majority for coalition formation.
The poll's bloc breakdown shows Netanyahu's bloc with 51 mandates, Eisenkot's bloc with 52, Arab parties with 13, and Hendel and Zehlikha's party with 4.
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