Walla Report: 18 Percent Of Voters Remain Undecided

According to a Walla News report of Sunday 2 Shevat 5773, 18% of eligible Israeli voters remain undecided just nine days ahead of the general elections. While it appears the largest party will be Likud/Beitenu, the second largest party is the undecided. A poll conducted by the Dahaf Institute headed by Dr. Mina Tzemach for Yediot Achronot that was released on Friday, 29 Teves 5773, 18% of the voters haven’t decided what party to vote for. That means 21 Knesset seats are still up in the air. The poll involved 1,000 respondents representing the adult eligible voting population. The margin of error is between 0.8 for a party with two seats and 3 for a party with 33 mandates.

A study of the undecided group shows 24% of those voters identify with the centrist/left-wing; 9% with Labor, 5% The Movement, 5% Yesh Atid and 5% for Meretz.

19% are identified with the center/right-wing; 13% with Likud/Beitenu, 6% Bayit HaYehudi, and` 2% Shas.

55% of the undecided group did not signal a likelihood of voting for one party or another. As such, 13 votes are still up for grabs so to speak.

The number of undecided women is twice as many as the men, 24% versus 12%.

Following is the results of the poll alongside the 21 seats of the undecided:

Likud/Beitenu 27, as compared to 33 in the poll one week earlier.

Labor – 15 (18 a week earlier)

Bayit HaYehudi 12 (14)

Yesh Atid – 9 (11)

Shas – 8 (11)

The Movement – 7 (8)

Meretz 5 (6)

Yahadut Hatorah – 4 (5)