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Election Results Show Clear Socioeconomic Divide in Voting Patterns

An analysis of Israeli election results shows a strong correlation between socioeconomic status and voting patterns, with lower-income areas favoring Prime Minister Netanyahu's bloc and wealthier areas supporting the "change bloc." The data, based on the Central Bureau of Statistics' socioeconomic index, covers over 2.9 million votes from 804 localities.

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What happened

01Lower socioeconomic areas strongly favor Netanyahu's bloc, while wealthier areas support the 'change bloc'.
02Beit She'an (lower income) gave Netanyahu's bloc 85% of votes, Ramat Hasharon (higher income) gave the change bloc 82%.
03The analysis uses the 2019 socioeconomic index from the Central Bureau of Statistics.
04Over 2.9 million votes have been counted from 804 localities so far.
05Voter turnout is the highest since 1999 at 77.7%.
06Official results are expected by November 4th.

Turnout is reported as the highest since 1999, with official results pending.

Translated and summarized by baba from Bizportal, the latest report. Read Bizportal’s original