Pollster Filber Identifies Parties Most Hurt by Election Exit Polls
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
Pollster Shlomo Filber identified Otzma Yehudit and Yisrael Beiteinu as the parties most harmed by the recent Knesset election exit poll results. Filber stated that both parties, led by Itamar Ben-Gvir and Avigdor Lieberman respectively, suffered significant electoral damage by choosing to run independent campaigns instead of uniting with their respective blocs. This strategy, he explained, weakened their overall standing and cost them valuable Knesset seats.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Pollster Shlomo Filber says Otzma Yehudit and Yisrael Beiteinu were most hurt by election exit polls.
- Filber attributes the electoral damage to the parties' independent campaigns within their blocs.
- Otzma Yehudit is led by Itamar Ben-Gvir; Yisrael Beiteinu is led by Avigdor Lieberman.
- The election was characterized as a battle of blocs, with independent players suffering.
- This strategy weakened the parties and cost them Knesset seats.
Following the dramatic results of the Channel 14 exit poll for the 26th Knesset elections, pollster Shlomo Filber has analyzed the mandate map, identifying the biggest losers. Filber stated that the election was a clear battle of blocs, and parties that chose to play an independent game within their camp suffered the most significant electoral damage.
Filber specifically pointed to two parties that bore the brunt of this electoral blow: the Otzma Yehudit party, led by Itamar Ben-Gvir, on the right, and the Yisrael Beiteinu party, led by Avigdor Lieberman, on the left. He explained that both parties paid a heavy price for operating independently rather than as part of their respective blocs' overall efforts.
When asked about Ben-Gvir's aggressive and isolated campaign in recent weeks, Filber asserted that he had previously predicted that parties acting independently would be harmed. He noted that both Lieberman and Ben-Gvir were mentioned as the two parties playing independent games and consequently becoming the biggest casualties.
Filber's analysis reflects a trend from the "Now 14" exit poll data, which indicated that the Israeli public voted with a clear bloc-oriented perspective to determine the government. While bloc leaders focused on direct confrontation, the independent campaigns of Ben-Gvir and Lieberman, who engaged in internal disputes and attempted to differentiate themselves at the expense of their natural partners, proved to be a double-edged sword. Filber emphasized that the choice to fight internal battles instead of uniting for the bloc's campaign weakened both parties and cost them valuable Knesset seats.
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