One thousand Israeli teens were polled to express their political opinion. They were asked who they would like to see as prime minister. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman received 17%, pro-secular TV personality Yair Lapid 13%, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu 8%, HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita 6%, Shas leader Eli Yishai 3%, and Ichud HaLeumi MK Dr. Michael Ben-Ari 3%.
The poll was commissioned by the Kenos Ha’Ir Chinuch, including 1,000 youths entering 12th grade and those who just completed high school.
The results of the poll, appearing on the Walla News site, indicate that over 50% of the youths plan to exercise their right to vote. 26% would vote Likud, 23% Kadima, 22% Yisrael Beitenu, 14% Ichud HaLeumi, 12% Shas, and 5% Labor.
75% of those polled oppose removing the marine closure on Gaza; 60% oppose including any portions of Yerushalayim in a land deal for peace with the Arabs; and 83% oppose a peace agreement with Syria that calls for an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Israeli polls are notoriously unreliable due to sampling error and their failure to prevent those being asked from giving a “right” answer desired by the sponsors of the polls. That’s why they rarely predict elections reliably. The poll may be correct, or it may not be, and there’s not way to know.
What a joke.
Something tells me that this poll is biased to a right wing jerusalem area population. I would be very surprised if such numbers came from tel aviv residents. But who knows, maybe the left is really losing popularity.
Got to love our Israeli brothers and sisters, they got an opinion on everything.. What would our teens answer? are they politically attuned?
Does the article say Hagaon Harav Ovadia Yosef 6%???!!!!!
Would the Rav really want to become the leader of Israel????
What’s interesting is that rav Ovadia shlita probably influences political decisions by a higher percentage than 6%
What I find most enlightening — though not suprising –about this poll is that the two that polled the highest (and by wide margins) are from political parties that are openly hostile to Torah
#7 Liberman’s party is not anti-Torah and Avigdor himself is observant.
#7 – only one party above is openly hostile. When you add the two leftist parties Kadima and Labor you have 28 percent. This number appears to be small, but not surprising. The percent of teenagers who are religious and/or rightist is greater than the population as a whole.