Pollster Suggests Coordination Behind Discrepant Election Exit Polls
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
Channel 14 pollster Shlomo Filber suggested coordination among pollsters due to significant differences in election exit poll results. While other polls showed the Netanyahu bloc with 50 seats, Channel 14's poll indicated 60 seats. Filber referenced a past attempt to coordinate poll numbers and stated that the final vote count in Likud areas would reveal the true voting patterns.
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- Pollster Shlomo Filber suggested coordination among exit pollsters due to significant result discrepancies.
- Channel 14's poll showed the Netanyahu bloc winning 60 seats, while others predicted 50.
- Filber alluded to a past attempt to coordinate poll numbers.
- The key dispute is whether right-wing voters shifted to Bennett and Eisenkot's parties.
- Final vote counts in Likud strongholds will clarify the actual voting patterns.
Channel 14 pollster Shlomo Filber has suggested that discrepancies between various election exit polls may stem from coordination among those responsible for them. Filber pointed to the significant gap between Channel 14's poll, which showed the Netanyahu bloc winning 60 seats, and the polls from Channels 12, 13, and Kan 11, which all predicted exactly 50 seats for the bloc. He alluded to a past attempt to coordinate poll numbers, stating, "Apparently, tonight too, someone picked up the phone to someone and made sure to make an adjustment." Filber also noted that the central dispute appears to be whether Likud and right-wing voters shifted to the parties of Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eisenkot, as indicated by the other polls, or remained within the right-wing bloc. He believes that the final vote count in Likud strongholds will clarify which poll accurately reflected the voting patterns.
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