99% of eligible voters among high school seniors explain they plan to vote in the upcoming elections for the 20th Knesset. This is the number released in a poll conducted among 500 students in schools nationwide. The poll was conducted during an assembly hosted by the Ministry of Education and the Citizens Empowerment Center in Israel.
The poll reveals that 36% of high school seniors eligible to vote will cast their ballot for Labor/The Movement, 12% Bayit Yehudi, 11% Kulanu, 10.3% Meretz, 9% Yesh Atid and 9% Likud.
What are the most important issues in the election?
32% responded Israel’s political situation and security
29% economic policy
25% social services
14% the character of the state regarding matters of religion and nationality.
In what area is the most change is required?
23% feel addressing the cost of living is the most pressing
15% education
11% stated housing, healthcare and social welfare, 8% personal security
What prompted your selection in the election?
36% Monitoring the parliamentary activity of a candidate as well as his record
35% Influenced by a party’s platform
19% Based on the party lineup and family influence
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Really now?
High school seniors do not include hareidim, who by official definition on uneducated and unschooled, having only gone to yeshiva. They can vote and are not inclued.
Furthermore, finishing high school in Israel is hardly universal even among non-hareidim. So what the poll actually shows is that upper class Israeli teenagers will vote in a similar manner to their elite parents.
But that has no predictive value for how “new voters” will vote, since Israel allows non-elites to vote.
Oh for goodness’ sake, asking teens present at a certain meeting who they will vote for does not remotely meet any standard of polling methodology. You might as well report that a ‘poll’ was conducted at a chassidish shtibel after shachris and that UTJ is going to sweep the next elections.
Very suspect. Makes no sense.