The dati leumi community supports the Bayit Yehudi party, but still views Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as most suited to serve as Prime Minister, more so than Natali Bennet too.

According to a poll released on Sunday, 5 Shevat, carried out by Masker Institute involving 400 respondents, men and women ages 17 and older, asked who they would vote for if elections were held today. Bayit Yehudi would receive 72% of the vote. Likud is in second place with 16%, Yesh Atid with 3.5%, as received both chareidi parties. Kulanu and Yisrael Beitenu received 3% of the votes, Meretz 5% and Machane Tzioni less than 1%.

Despite’s Bayit Yehudi’s popularity, Bennet only receives 38% of the vote for Prime Minister, as compared to 54% for PM Binyamin Netanyahu. Moshe Kahlon, Yair Lapid, Avigdor Lieberman and Avi Gabbai all received small percentages.

The respondents were asked to select between the eight Bayit Yehudi faction members in Knesset today, to select only four of them. Ayelet Shaked was clearly in the lead with 94% followed by Naftali Bennet with 80%, Betzalel Smotrich with 54% and Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben-Dahan with 47%. They were followed by Shuli Muallem with 44%, Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel with 41%, Moti Yogev with 28% and Nissan Slomiansky with 8%.

Masker specializes in polls for the dati leumi community. This poll was not commissioned but done by the institute on its own to evaluate the political climate in the community.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)