"They're coming home": The dramatic trend in the Maariv poll - and the candidate saving the Netanyahu bloc
The weekly Maariv poll reveals a dramatic trend: the coalition bloc is narrowing the gap, mainly thanks to the party of Ofer Winter, to whom disappointed right-wing voters are returning. Gadi Eisenkot continues to lose ground, dropping to 21 seats, the Arab parties are stagnating at 12 seats, and the electoral threshold could still change the political picture.
The weekly Maariv poll, conducted by Dr. Menachem Lazar, indicates a dramatic trend in the political system: the coalition bloc led by Benjamin Netanyahu is narrowing the gap against the opposition bloc. The main trend is the return of disappointed right-wing voters, but not to Likud, but to the party of Ofer Winter, defined as "a home for the disappointed of Netanyahu." Winter is identified as the candidate saving the Netanyahu bloc. On the other hand, Gadi Eisenkot continues to lose ground, dropping this week to just 21 seats, after losing four seats within a month. Dr. Lazar estimates that Likud's campaign against Eisenkot is mainly affecting undecided voters. The Arab parties continue to stagnate at 12 seats together, and voter turnout in Arab society has not increased following the union between Hadash-Ta'al and Balad and the addition of Yoav Segalovich to Ra'am. Dr. Lazar estimates that a surge may come following the High Court's ruling on petitions filed. He concludes that under the cover of bringing the security issue back to the forefront, Netanyahu and the coalition bloc are narrowing the gap, but everything is still open.