Senior pollster on the day after the elections: "Very few will be satisfied"

Senior pollster Shmuel Rosner predicts the election results will be a 53-53 tie between the blocs, with a low chance of reaching 61 seats. According to him, this situation could lead to repeat elections, a minority government, or a unity government. Rosner noted that very few Israelis will be satisfied with the outcome.

Senior pollster Shmuel Rosner, owner of the "Hamadad" institute and pollster for Channel 13 News, predicts that the results of the elections for the 26th Knesset will lead to a 53-53 seat tie between the current coalition bloc and the change bloc, excluding the Arab parties. In an interview with 103FM, Rosner said the chance of reaching 61 seats is low, and the result could lead to repeat elections, a minority government, broken promises, or a unity government. "We need to prepare for a situation where on the morning after the elections, very few Israelis will be truly satisfied," he said. Rosner also addressed the absence of parties at risk of falling below the electoral threshold in the change bloc, linking this to the "trauma of Meretz and Labor" and a sense of emergency among the bloc's voters. According to him, change bloc voters are avoiding "experiments." Additionally, Rosner assessed that as it becomes clear there is insufficient support for Benny Gantz's political move, some of his supporters may abandon him, and he will be "even smaller on election day itself."