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Kantar conducted a poll of 716 people with a 3.8% of margin of error that was broadcast by Channel 11 on February 23 2020. The poll was conducted from Feb 20-23.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

35 [32] Likud (Netanyahu)
34 [33] Blue & White (Gantz)
14 [13] The Joint List – Hadash-Taal-Raam-Balad (Odeh)
09 [11] Labor-Gesher-Meretz (A.Peretz)
08 [09] Shas (Deri)
07 [08] Yisrael Beitenu (Lieberman)
07 [07] United Torah Judaism (Litzman)
06 [07] Yamina (Bennett)

Under 3.25% Electoral Threshold

1.5% [00] Otzma (Ben Gvir)
0.0% [00] All Others

Phase 2 Recommendations:

57 [55] Right-Religious Bloc (Nominated Netanyahu in Phase 2)
56 [54/57] Center-Left-Arab Bloc (Nominated Gantz in Phase 2)
07 [08/11] Last time did not nominate

*Balad which was part of the Joint List withdrew the recommendations of their 3 MKs.

Additional Questions:

Are you afraid of the Coronavirus influencing the election?

80% No, 14% Yes, 6% Don’t know

Maagar Mochot conducted a poll of 506 people that was published by Yisrael Hayom & broadcast by I24NEWS on February 21 2020.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

36 [33] Blue & White (Gantz)
33 [32] Likud (Netanyahu)
13 [13] The Joint List – Hadash-Taal-Raam-Balad (Odeh)
08 [11] Labor-Gesher-Meretz (A.Peretz)
08 [09] Shas (Deri)
08 [07] Yamina (Bennett)
07 [08] Yisrael Beitenu (Lieberman)
07 [07] United Torah Judaism (Litzman)

Under 3.25% Electoral Threshold

1.0% [00] Otzma (Ben Gvir)
0.0% [00] All Others

Phase 2 Recommendations:

57 [54/57] Center-Left-Arab Bloc (Nominated Gantz in Phase 2)
56 [55] Right-Religious Bloc (Nominated Netanyahu in Phase 2)
07 [08/11] Pushing Unity Government (Did not nominate)

*Balad which was part of the Joint List withdrew the recommendations of their 3 MKs.

Additional Questions:

Who is more qualified to serve as Prime Minister?

45% Netanyahu, 35% Gantz, 20% Don’t know

Do you want to see a Prime Minister Debate?

50% Yes, 37% Don’t care, 13% No

Do the Ashkenazi tapes influence your vote?

70% No, 20% Don’t know, 9% Yes but I will still vote the same, 1% Yes I will change my vote

Will you vote?

62% Yes, 24% Probably, 11% Probably not, 3% Maybe

Yes by Party: 85% Labor-Gesher-Meretz, 78% Shas, 76% UTJ, 75% Otzma, 75% Blue and White, 65% Likud, 63% Yisrael Beitenu, 59% Joint List, 50% Yamina

Panels conducted a poll of 536 people with a 4.4% margin of error that was published by Maariv on February 21 2020. It was conducted Feb 19.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

36 [33] Blue & White (Gantz)
32 [32] Likud (Netanyahu)
14 [13] The Joint List – Hadash-Taal-Raam-Balad (Odeh)
09 [09] Shas (Deri)
08 [11] Labor-Gesher-Meretz (A.Peretz)
08 [08] Yisrael Beitenu (Lieberman)
07 [07] Yamina (Bennett)
07 [07] United Torah Judaism (Litzman)

Under 3.25% Electoral Threshold

2.6% [00] Otzma (Ben Gvir)
0.0% [00] All Others

Phase 2 Recommendations:

58 [54/57] Center-Left-Arab Bloc (Nominated Gantz in Phase 2)
54 [55] Right-Religious Bloc (Nominated Netanyahu in Phase 2)
08 [08/11] Pushing Unity Government (Did not nominate)

*Balad which was part of the Joint List withdrew the recommendations of their 3 MKs.

Additional Questions:

Who is more qualified to serve as Prime Minister?

43% Netanyahu, 39% Gantz, 18% Don’t know

Will Netanyahu’s trial harm his ability to serve as Prime Minister?

54% Yes

Note: 90% of Blue & White voters answered yes compared to 19% of Likud voters.

Should Gantz have accepted Netanyahu’s invite to a debate?

52% Yes

Direct Polls conducted a poll of 976 people with a 3.8% margin of error that was published by Channel 7 on February 20 2020. It was conducted Feb 19-20.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

33 [32] Likud (Netanyahu)
31 [33] Blue & White (Gantz)
14 [13] The Joint List – Hadash-Taal-Raam-Balad (Odeh)
10 [11] Labor-Gesher-Meretz (A.Peretz)
09 [09] Shas (Deri)
08 [07] Yamina (Bennett)
08 [07] United Torah Judaism (Litzman)
07 [08] Yisrael Beitenu (Lieberman)

Under 3.25% Electoral Threshold

1.2% [00] Otzma (Ben Gvir)
0.0% [00] All Others

Phase 2 Recommendations:

58 [55] Right-Religious Bloc (Nominated Netanyahu in Phase 2)
55 [54/57] Center-Left-Arab Bloc (Nominated Gantz in Phase 2)
07 [08/11] Pushing Unity Government (Did not nominate)

*Balad which was part of the Joint List withdrew the recommendations of their 3 MKs.

Additional Questions:

None

Midgam conducted a poll of 503 people with a 4.4% margin of error that was broadcast by Channel 12 on February 19 2020. It was conducted the same day.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

35 [33] Blue & White (Gantz)
33 [32] Likud (Netanyahu)
13 [13] The Joint List – Hadash-Taal-Raam-Balad (Odeh)
09 [11] Labor-Gesher-Meretz (A.Peretz)
08 [09] Shas (Deri)
08 [07] United Torah Judaism (Litzman)
07 [08] Yisrael Beitenu (Lieberman)
07 [07] Yamina (Bennett)

Under 3.25% Electoral Threshold

1.6% [00] Otzma (Ben Gvir)
0.0% [00] All Others

Phase 2 Recommendations:

57 [54/57] Center-Left-Arab Bloc (Nominated Gantz in Phase 2)
56 [55] Right-Religious Bloc (Nominated Netanyahu in Phase 2)
07 [08/11] Pushing Unity Government (Did not nominate)

*Balad which was part of the Joint List withdrew the recommendations of their 3 MKs.

Additional Questions:

Who is more qualified to serve as Prime Minister?

42% Netanyahu, 34% Gantz, 18% Neither, 6% Don’t know

Right: 67% Netanyahu, 15% Gantz, 12% Neither, 6% Don’t know
Center-Left: 63% Gantz, 23% Neither, 10% Netanyahu, 4% Don’t know

Do you support or oppose a TV debate between Netanyahu and Gantz?

60% Support, 21% Oppose, 19% Don’t know

Right: 65% Support, 19% Don’t know, 16% Oppose
Center-Left: 56% Support, 28% Oppose, 17% Don’t know