Winter bites into Likud - and Ma'ariv pollster determines: "The panic is justified"

Dr. Menachem Lazar analyzes the decline of Likud to 18 seats in the Ma'ariv poll, and determines that Ofer Winter is eating into the party's votes. According to him, the panic in Likud is justified if the goal is to be the largest party, but the bloc balance is stable at around 50 seats. Lazar warns that the attack on Winter is a risky gamble, as he gathers votes from disappointed Likud voters who would otherwise stay home. The real battle, he says, is over about 10 seats of undecided voters.

Dr. Menachem Lazar, a Ma'ariv pollster, analyzes the results of the newspaper's latest poll, which shows Likud dropping to 18 seats. According to him, the decline is mainly due to the strengthening of Ofer Winter's party, which is eating into the coalition bloc's votes in general and Likud's in particular. Lazar determines that the panic in Likud is justified if the goal is to be the largest party, but the inter-bloc balance has been stable at around 50 seats for a long time. He warns that Likud's media attack on Winter is a risky gamble, as Winter gathers votes from disappointed Likud voters who would otherwise stay home. Lazar notes that the other bloc is also experiencing erosion, with Yashar dropping to 23 seats and Together to 13 seats. The real battle, he says, is over about 10 seats of undecided voters, who constitute about 8% of the public. He raises the question of who will succeed in getting them out of the house and convincing them to vote, and where they will go.