The latest elections poll, released on Sunday evening for News12 shows that while the Blue and White party continues to lead in the number of votes, the right-wing holds a majority, which means it is unlikely that Benny Gantz will be able to form a coalition government.
This will depend in a big way on the chareidi parties, which have announced they are loyal to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
Blue and White 32
Likud 28
Arab parties 11
Labor 10
Yahadut Hatorah 7
Shas 6
New Right 5
United Right-Wing 5
Gesher 4
Meretz 4
Yisrael Beitenu 4
Zehut 4
Those which did not pass minimum threshold with at least 1% of the vote:
Kulanu 2.6%
Right-wing 46
Chareidim 13
Center/Left-wing 46
Arabs 11
Gesher 4
Who among the following is most suited to serve as prime minister in the upcoming election?
Binyamin Netanyahu 39%
Benny Gant 34%
Neither of them 18%
I do not know 9%
Without any connection to your vote, who do you think will assemble the next coalition government?
Binyamin Netanyahu 60%
Benny Gantz or Yair Lapid (rotating) 20%
Neither of them 5%
I do not know 15%
Regarding the submarine case: It is known PM Netanyahu authorized the purchase of the submarines from Germany. Do you think he acted only in the interests of the nation or personal interests as well?
National interests only 27%
Only personal interests 42%
Don’t know 31%
PM Netanyahu said he didn’t confer with the defense minister regarding the sale of submarines to Egypt because it would demand revealing state secrets. Do you think it is reasonable that he revealed it to two of his aides and not the defense minister or IDF chief of staff?
Reasonable 22%
Not reasonable 50%
Don not know/didn’t see the interview in question 28%
During the interview, did the PM Netanyahu persuade you that he is worthy to be prime minister after elections?
Persuaded 26%
Did not persuade 46%
Do not know or didn’t see the interview 28%
The poll was conducted by Midgam Institute by Dr. Mina Tzemach and Mano Geva, in cooperation with iPanel, interviewing 517 respondents who are representative of a cross-section of adult Israeli voters 18 and older. The margin of error is +/- 4.4%. The poll was conducted on March 24, 2019.
Channel 13 Poll
Blue and White 31
Likud 28
Arab parties 11
Labor 10
United Right-wing 8
Yahadut Hatorah 6
Zehut 6
New Right 5
Kulanu 5
Shas 5
Meretz 5
Gesher 0
Yisrael Beitenu 0
Right-wing 63
Left-wing/Center 57
This poll included 738 respondents, including 600 from the Jewish sector and 138 from the non-Jewish sector. It was carried out by Prof. Kamil Fuchs for Panel Project and Midgam under the ditrection of Dr. Ariel Ayalon. The margin of error is +/- 3.6%.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)