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Knesset Jeremy’s Weekly Polling Average – The Israeli Poll of Polls

Current update: Saturday February 25th 2018.

PlacePartyLeaderSeatsKnessetJeremy AVGChangeWeek 8 AVGCurrent
1stBlue & WhiteGantz3534.63.63111
2ndLikudNetanyahu3030.3-0.73129
3rdLaborGabbai87.9-1.1918
4thHadash-TaalOdeh87.61.46.26
5thHaYamin HeHadashBennett77.1-0.77.83
6thUnited Torah JudaismLitzman76.7-0.87.56
7thUnited Right ListPeretz65.65.605
8thShasDeri65.40.25.27
9thMeretzZandberg54.5-0.75.25
10thRaam-BaladAbbas43.8-2.76.57
11thYisrael BeitenuLiberman43.60.13.55
12thKulanuKahlon02.9-0.93.810
13thOther35 Others00-3.33.38
Right-Religious Bloc6061.61.66066
Center-Left-Arab Bloc6058.4-1.66054

Note #1: The electoral voting threshold is equivalent to 3.25 percent of total votes, equivalent to approximately four parliamentary seats. Parties currently polling below the threshold, including parties listed as “other” are weighted down to zero in the polling average to allow this polling model to maintain a simplified 120-seat framework.

Note #2: This average is based on 11 polls that were released from Feb 17-24 (4 Midgam, 3 Direct Polls, 2 Panels, 1 Panel Project HaMidgam and 1 Maagar Mochot).

Note #3: Read – Israeli politics ‘101’: Electing a prime minister and forming a government coalition – at: https://www.jns.org/israeli-politics-101-electing-a-prime-minister-and-forming-a-coalition/

Note #4: The official candidate lists were submitted this past week on Wed Feb 20 & Thurs Feb 21 2019. The polls conducted before the formation of Blue & White are scenario polls of Gantz + Lapid.

Compiled for the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS.org)


Maagar Mochot conducted a poll of 616 people with a 3.9% margin of error for Yisrael HaYom & I24 News that was published on Feb 24 2019. The poll was conducted Feb 22-24.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

36 [11] Blue & White (Gantz, Lapid, Yaalon & Ashkenazi)
31 [29] Likud (Netanyahu)
09 [03] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)
08 [18] Labor (Gabbai)
08 [05] United Right List (Peretz, Smotrich & Ben Ari)
07 [07] Shas (Deri)
07 [06] United Torah Judaism (Litzman)
07 [06] Hadash-Taal (Odeh & Tibi)
07 [05] Meretz (Zandberg)

Under 3.25% electoral threshold:

3% [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
2% [10] Kulanu (Kahlon)
2% [06] Raam-Balad (Abbas)
2% [01] Gesher (Orly Levy)
2% [–-] Zehut (Feiglin)
0% [–-] Yachad (Eli Yishai)

Other parties: 1%
00 [01] Tzomet (Oren Hazan)
00 [–-] Magen (Gal Hirsch)
00 [–-] Achi Yisraeli (Adina Bar Shalom) and others

62 [66] Current Right-Religious Coalition+Y.B.
58 [54] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition-Y.B

Additional Questions:

Who is more suited to serve as Prime Minister?

45% Netanyahu, 36% Gantz, 19% Don’t know

Where do you place Blue & White on the political map?

45% Center, 35% Left, 12% Right, 8% Other answers

Midgam conducted a poll of 500 people with a 4.4% margin of error for Yediot Achronot that was published on Feb 24 2019.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

35 [11] Blue & White (Gantz, Lapid, Yaalon & Ashkenazi)
29 [29] Likud (Netanyahu)
09 [18] Labor (Gabbai)
07 [06] United Torah Judaism (Litzman)
07 [06] Hadash-Taal (Odeh & Tibi)
06 [03] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)
05 [07] Shas (Deri)
05 [06] Raam-Balad (Abbas)
05 [05] United Right List (Peretz, Smotrich & Ben Ari)
04 [10] Kulanu (Kahlon)
04 [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
04 [05] Meretz (Zandberg)

Under 3.25% electoral threshold:

3.1% [–-] Zehut (Feiglin)
3.0% [01] Gesher (Orly Levy)
00 [–-] Magen (Gal Hirsch)
00 [01] Tzomet (Oren Hazan)
00 [–-] Yachad (Eli Yishai)
00 [–] Achi Yisraeli (Adina Bar Shalom) and others

60 [66] Current Right-Religious Coalition+Y.B.
60 [54] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition-Y.B

Panels conducted a poll of 1008 people with a 3.3% margin of error for Maariv that was published on Feb 22 2019. The poll was conducted Feb 21.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

35 [11] Blue & White (Gantz, Lapid, Yaalon & Ashkenazi)
29 [29] Likud (Netanyahu)
08 [03] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)
07 [18] Labor (Gabbai)
07 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ (Litzman)
06 [06] Hadash-Taal
06 [05] United Right List (Peretz, Smotrich & Ben Ari)
05 [07] Shas (Deri)
05 [06] Raam-Balad
04 [10] Kulanu (Kahlon)
04 [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
04 [05] Meretz (Zandberg)

Under 3.25% electoral threshold:

2.8% [–-] Zehut (Feiglin)
2.4% [01] Gesher (Orly Levy)
1.1% [–] Green Leaf
00 [–-] Magen (Gal Hirsch)
00 [01] Tzomet (Oren Hazan)
00 [–-] Yachad (Eli Yishai)
00 [–] Achi Yisraeli (Adina Bar Shalom) and others

63 [66] Current Right-Religious Coalition+Y.B.
57 [54] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition-Y.B

Additional Question:

Who is more suited to be Prime Minister?

48% Netanyahu, 36% Gantz, 16% Don’t know

Direct Polls conducted a poll of 536 people with a 4% margin of error for Makor Rishon that was published on Feb 22 2019.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

35 [11] Blue & White (Gantz, Lapid, Yaalon & Ashkenazi)
32 [29] Likud (Netanyahu)
11 [06] Hadash-Taal
08 [03] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)
07 [18] Labor (Gabbai)
07 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ (Litzman)
06 [05] United Right List (Peretz, Smotrich & Ben Ari)
05 [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
05 [07] Shas (Deri)
04 [05] Meretz (Zandberg)

Under 3.25% electoral threshold:

2.38% [10] Kulanu (Kahlon)
2.08% [01] Gesher (Orly Levy)
1.68% [–-] Zehut (Feiglin)
1.22% [06] Raam-Balad
00 [–] Magen (Gal Hirsch)
00 [01] Tzomet (Oren Hazan)
00 [–-] Yachad (Eli Yishai)
00 [–] Achi Yisraeli (Adina Bar Shalom) and others

63 [66] Current Right-Religious Coalition+Y.B.
57 [54] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition-Y.B