Haredi Party Leader Optimistic About Election Support Despite Polls
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
Moti Leitner, chairman of the Haredi Public Party, is optimistic about his party's election prospects, claiming pollsters underestimate their support. Despite a recent poll showing them below the electoral threshold, Leitner believes a significant surge will lead to different results. He declared the party's existence a victory and predicted future elections due to a lack of decisive outcomes.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- Haredi Public Party Chairman Moti Leitner is optimistic about election support.
- Recent polls show the party below the 3.25% electoral threshold.
- Leitner claims pollsters struggle to measure support within the Haredi community.
- He believes a significant surge of supporters will impact election results.
- Leitner declared the party's existence a victory in itself.
- He predicts another election cycle within months due to no decisive outcome.
Moti Leitner, chairman of the Haredi Public Party, expressed optimism regarding his party's support in the upcoming elections, despite recent polls showing it below the electoral threshold. Leitner stated on Sunday in a WhatsApp group that pollsters struggle to accurately measure support within the Haredi community. He believes a significant surge of supporters is moving towards his party, and the results at the ballot box may differ from poll projections.
Leitner referenced a poll from Thursday that placed his party at 2.8% of the vote, about half a percent below the 3.25% electoral threshold. He noted that even pollsters admit difficulty in assessing the party's true strength, suggesting the support could translate to anywhere between two and three and a half mandates. However, Leitner declared that his party has already achieved a primary goal: "We won, we won by our very existence," he said, explaining that tens of thousands of Haredim voting for the party and its ideas is a significant accomplishment.
Looking ahead, Leitner predicted that the upcoming elections would not yield a decisive outcome between the blocs, leading to another election cycle within months. He emphasized the importance of his party's vote count in this context, stating that securing 50,000 votes versus 120,000 would significantly impact its standing for future elections, regardless of whether it crosses the electoral threshold.
