Polls Show Right-Wing Bloc Near Majority Ahead of Election
Translated & summarized from Behadrei Haredim by baba
Two polls released Tuesday show the right-wing bloc nearing a majority ahead of the upcoming Israeli election. Channel 14's poll projects 62 seats for the right, while i24's poll indicates 58 seats for Netanyahu's bloc. The final week of campaigning will focus on preventing "wasted votes" from smaller right-wing parties.
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- Two polls show the right-wing bloc nearing a majority with 62 or 58 seats.
- The Likud party leads in both polls, projected to win 30 or 26 seats.
- The "change bloc" is projected to receive 48 seats in one of the polls.
- The final week of campaigning will focus on preventing "wasted votes."
With only one week remaining until the election, two new polls released Tuesday present differing scenarios for the political landscape in Israel. Channel 14's poll indicates the right-wing bloc could secure 62 seats, while an i24 poll projects the bloc led by Benjamin Netanyahu at 58 seats, facing 48 for the "change bloc."
In the Channel 14 poll, the Likud party leads with 30 mandates. Other parties' projected seat counts include Yisrael Beiteinu with 20, Shas, Democrats, and Beiteinu each with 9, Otzma Yehudit, United Torah Judaism, and the Joint List with 8 each, Religious Zionism with 7, and Ra'am with 6. This configuration gives the right-wing bloc 62 seats and the left-wing bloc 44. Parties like Ha'Endel-Zalicha and Am Israel are projected below the electoral threshold.
The i24 poll shows Likud with 26 seats, Yisrael Beiteinu with 20, and Beiteinu with 12. Otzma Yehudit and Democrats are projected at 9 seats each, the Joint List, United Torah Judaism, and Shas at 8 each, Yisrael Beiteinu and Religious Zionism at 7 each, and Ra'am at 6. According to this poll, Netanyahu's bloc garners 58 seats, and the change bloc receives 48. Two parties, Am Israel and Ha'Endel-Zalicha, are shown below the 3.25% electoral threshold.
The polls highlight the critical issue of "wasted votes" in the final week of campaigning, focusing on whether Netanyahu can persuade smaller right-wing parties to withdraw to prevent their votes from being lost.
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