Poll Finds 95% of Israelis Have Decided Election Choice
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
A News 14 poll reveals that 95% of Israeli respondents have already decided their vote for the upcoming elections, with only 5% undecided. The survey shows the Likud party falling to 29 mandates and Gadi Eisenkot's party weakening to 20 mandates. The right-wing bloc holds a slim majority of 61 seats, while Benjamin Netanyahu leads in preferred Prime Minister with 53% support. The poll was conducted by NEXT DATA with 538 participants.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- 95% of respondents in a News 14 poll stated they have already decided whom to vote for in upcoming elections.
- The Likud party dropped to 29 mandates, and Gadi Eisenkot's party fell to 20 mandates in the poll.
- The right-wing bloc holds a slim majority of 61 mandates according to the poll's seat distribution.
- Benjamin Netanyahu leads as the preferred Prime Minister with 53% support, while Gadi Eisenkot garnered 29%.
- The Reservists-Economic party successfully crossed the electoral threshold, securing four mandates.
A new poll from News 14 indicates an unusually high level of voter certainty, with 95% of respondents stating they have already decided whom to vote for in the upcoming elections. Only 5% remain undecided.
The survey, conducted by NEXT DATA with 538 adult participants and analyzed by Shlomo Filber, also revealed shifts in the Knesset seat distribution. The Likud party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, has dropped to 29 mandates, a decrease of two seats since the previous poll on October 7. Gadi Eisenkot's party has also weakened, falling from 23 to 20 mandates.
Other parties showed varying results: Shas and the Democratic Party each hold ten mandates, with the latter gaining one. United Torah Judaism and the Joint List maintain eight mandates each. Religious Zionism and Identity gained one seat to reach seven, while Otzma Yehudit and Naftali Bennett's party each dropped to seven mandates. Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu and Ra'am secured five mandates apiece.
A significant development is the entry of the Reservists-Economic party into the Knesset, securing four mandates after previously polling at only 1.8%. Ofer Vinter's Am Israel party garnered 2.9% but remains below the electoral threshold.
In bloc calculations, the right-wing bloc has decreased to 61 mandates from 63, while the left-wing bloc increased to 46 mandates from 45, and Arab parties rose to 13 mandates from 12. Despite the decrease, the right-wing bloc still holds a majority of 61 seats.
Regarding suitability for Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu leads with 53% support, an increase of one percentage point. Gadi Eisenkot saw a significant decline to 29% from 34%. Naftali Bennett gained one point to 11%, and Avigdor Lieberman rose to 7% from 4%. In a head-to-head matchup, Netanyahu leads Eisenkot 52% to 48%.
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