Dialog conducted a poll of 513 people with a 4.2% margin of error that was published by Haaretz on Jan 7 2015.
Current Knesset seats in [brackets]
23 [21] Labor-Livni
22 [18] Likud
16 [11] Bayit Yehudi
12 [19] Yesh Atid
10 [11] *United Arab List (5 Hadash, 5 Ra’am-Ta’al, 0 Balad)
09 [00] Koolanu (Kahlon)
07 [07] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
06 [13] Yisrael Beitenu
06 [06] Meretz
05 [10] Shas
04 [02] Ha’am Itanu
00 [02] Kadima
69 [61] Right-Religious-Kahlon (Parties that have not ruled out a BB coalition)
51 [59] Center-Left-Arab (Parties that have ruled out a BB coalition)
Additional Questions:
Unsatisfied by decision to vote for party in 2013 in % – Average is 36%.
63% Kadima, 51% Yesh Atid, 50% Balad, 48% Likud Beitenu, 48% Shas, 40% Ra’am-Ta’al, 37% Livni, 35% Meretz, 26% Labor, 21% Bayit Yehudi, 20% Hadash, 5% UTJ
From 1-10 how honest is each person?
Kahlon 6.6, Herzog 6.3, Bennett 6, Gal-On 5.6, Netanyahu 5.3, Lapid 5, Liberman 4.2, Deri 3.4
Are you interested in seeing a national unity government with Labor & Likud together, with others?
43% Yes, 41% No, 16% Don’t know
Who is more suited for PM?
46% Netanyahu, 30% Herzog
Who will deal better with diplomatic and foreign affairs issues?
48% Netanyahu, 33% Herzog
Who will deal better with security issues?
55% Netanyahu, 25% Herzog
Who do you think will be next PM?
56% Netanyahu, 23% Herzog
Who will deal better with Israeli economy?
38% Netanyahu, 38% Herzog
Only 5% of UTJ voters are dissatisfied for supporting them in the last election that seems quite amazing for a party that was kept in the opposition. Can someone explain?.
Some of the positive sentiment is probably due to its members comparing UTJ to its sister party Shas. UTJ’s leaders didn’t have any scandals, embarrassments or ideological splits (at least publicly). It stayed on message throughout its entire time in opposition. As for it being in opposition, its influence is hardly diminished as it was never great to begin with. Shas has always been the party that has fancied itself the kingmaker. UTJ is usually only along for the ride and has never even had a cabinet member- just deputy ministers. UTJ is also more accustomed to being in the opposition for the sake of ideological purity than Shas. UTJ was in opposition in 2006 while Shas was part of Olmert’s government. UTJ left Ehud Barak government within 3 months due to a dispute over the Shabbat in 1999. Shas stayed. UTJ did not join Rabin’s government in 1992 while Shas did. But 5% does seem low even for such a homogeneous group. I think Balad being at 50% and Ra’am-Ta’al at 40% is surprising and heartening.
I read that the Bayit Yehudi primary list is out but I have a hard time finding an english-version of it. Any help?