Pollster Filber Addresses Election Results Amidst Accuracy Debate
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
Pollster Shlomo Filber analyzed the 2026 election results, stating the elections proved no Likud voters shifted to the opposition. He acknowledged that pollsters, including himself, failed to predict the high Arab voter turnout. Filber also noted that the "Avigdor Lieberman event" will be investigated.
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- Pollster Shlomo Filber stated the 2026 elections proved no Likud voters shifted to the opposition.
- Filber admitted pollsters did not foresee the high Arab voter turnout.
- The "Avigdor Lieberman event" concerning Yisrael Beiteinu will be examined.
- Filber's analysis addresses discrepancies between exit polls and final election results.
Pollster Shlomo Filber of Direct Polls and Channel 14 has offered his analysis of the 2026 election results, addressing public and media controversy over discrepancies between exit polls and final outcomes. Filber stated on his X account that the central question resolved by the election was whether a third of Likud voters had shifted to the "change bloc." He asserted that the 2026 elections "unequivocally proved" that "no one left the right bloc."
Regarding criticism of the accuracy of exit polls, Filber acknowledged it as a separate issue requiring professional examination. He admitted that he and others "did not foresee" the high voter turnout among Arab citizens, referring to them as "Arab voters streaming in."
Filber also briefly commented on the "Avigdor Lieberman event," related to the Yisrael Beiteinu party, stating it "will be examined." He concluded his remarks by thanking his followers and supporters for their encouragement.
