Smith conducted a poll that was boradcast by Reshet Bet Radio on Feb 6 2015.
Current Knesset seats in [brackets]
26 [18] Likud
25 [20] Zionist Union (Labor-Livni)
14 [11] Bayit Yehudi
12 [11] United Arab List
09 [20] Yesh Atid
09 [10] Shas
08 [07] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
07 [02] Koolanu (Kahlon+Kadima)
05 [06] Meretz
05 [13] Yisrael Beitenu
03 [02] Yachad (Yishai+Chetboun+Marzel) close but under 3.25% threshold
69 [63] Right-Religious-Kahlon (Parties that have not ruled out a BB coalition)
51 [57] Center-Left-Arab (Parties that have ruled out a BB coalition)
* Note: Kadima Leader Akrem Hasoon who replaced Shaul Mofaz is now running on the Kahlon list.
This poll and the Maagar Mochot poll lack all credibility. This poll gives Shass and the UTJ 17 seats and the Maagar poll earlier on the same day gave them 12 seats. (an increase of nearly 43%)
You made a point similar to one I was going to make.
Most polls this last week show Shas at 6 (my view is that is an understatement, I believe that Shas base strength is at least 7 and will grow to touch 9 come election time, but that is just my view). I don’t believe that it is 9 now.
On this theme , I noticed that some polls over the last 3 weeks consistently had Shas at 6 and this one had them at 9. So my question , how are they selecting their samples, is over say over using Ramat Aviv and the other Netivot?
More interesting is Yachad , bar Yishai, cannot see that team attracting Shas voters, it looks to be more fitting for the BY religious right wing. So is there any merit in BY going for these voters?