Panels conducted a poll that was broadcast by the Knesset Channel on October 23 2014.
The seat poll was published on October 24 2014 by Maariv.
The alternative Yesh Atid-Livni Party poll was also published in Maariv.
Additional questions were also asked for Maariv readers.
Current Knesset seats in [brackets]
22 [19] Likud
16 [12] Bayit Yehudi
15 [15] Labor
10 [–] New Kachlon Party
09 [19] Yesh Atid
09 [12] Yisrael Beitenu
09 [06] Meretz
08 [07] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
07 [11] Shas
05 [04] Hadash
04 [04] Ra’am-Ta’al
03 [06] Movement
03 [03] Balad
00 [02] Kadima
72 [61] Right-Religious
48 [59] Center-Left-Arab
Where do Kachlon’s seats come from? Yesh Atid 3, Likud Beitenu 2, Labor 1, Bayit Yehudi 1, Shas 1, Livni 1, New voters (under 18 on Jan 2013) 1
Scenario Poll in case Lapid & Livni run together:
Current Knesset seats in [brackets]
22 [19] Likud
15 [25] Yesh Atid+Livni Party
15 [12] Bayit Yehudi
14 [15] Labor
10 [–] New Kachlon Party
09 [12] Yisrael Beitenu
08 [07] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
08 [06] Meretz
07 [11] Shas
05 [04] Hadash
04 [04] Ra’am-Ta’al
03 [03] Balad
00 [02] Kadima
71 [61] Right-Religious
49 [59] Center-Left-Arab
Additional Questions for Panels:
Are you satisfied with the following ministers?
38% Economy Minister Bennett, 36% Prime Minister Netanyahu, 32% Opposition Leader Herzog, 26% Justice Minister Livni, Finance Minister 22% Lapid
Who is most suitable to be Prime Minister?
24% Prime Minister Netanyahu, 12% Economy Minister Bennett, 9% Opposition Leader Herzog, 9% Justice Minister Livni, 6% Interior Minister Saar, 6% Former Likud Minister Kachlon, 4% Finance Minister Lapid
Should Prime Minister Netanyahu act towards bringing in Shas & UTJ into the coalition, even at the cost of Yesh Atid or Yisrael Beitenu leaving?
63% No, 24% Yes
What topic should the upcoming Knesset session focus on?
67% Cost of living, 22% Security threats on Israel, 7% Negotiations with Palestinians, 4% State and religion issues
Will the current coalition survive the upcoming Knesset session?
42% Yes, 40% No
Are you in favor of new elections?
51% No, 30% Yes
Additional Questions for Maariv:
Do you support the new Lapid+Livni alliance on diplomatic issues?
40% Yes, 38% No, 22% No opinion
Will the decision to give Yuval Diskin a place on a Knesset list influence your decision to vote for that list?
60% No it won’t influence, 11% Yes and I’d consider voting for that party
If Gideon Saar returns to politics as part of a list will that influence your decision to vote for that list?
58% No it won’t influence, 18% Yes and I’d consider voting for that party
Now THAT sounds like an agenda-based question. I wonder what the effect would be if they left out YB, or the entire second part (even though YA presumably would leave).
Livni will not run with Lapid, she will run with Avoda.
Can someone please tell me, what party Avoda is. A “non-existent” center party? A part of Labor?
Its the Hebrew name for Labor. Like for eg Bayit Yehudi is also known as Jewish Home.
Right. That one i did not know. Although I am non-hebrew speaking and living in the Diaspora, I always talk about Bayit Yehudi – not Jewish Home as the media in my country and neighboring countries.
When seeing in how a weak leader position Likud would be according to this poll – one can imagine what combined list opportunities Netanyahu would look for when going to elections.
A new alliance with Lieberman, considering his latest actions, is probably out of the questions.
Considering Netanyahu’s latest actions, one kind of logical step (from his point of view at least) would be a Likud-Bayit Yehudi list. Polling with that possibility would be interesting. Of course I would like to see a merger between Likud and Bayit Yehudi (including Tekuma!). That would really strengthen the nationalist camp.