Israel-Gaza War, Politics

Poll: Smotrich Recovers, Gantz Continues to Lead

A new poll shows the State Camp party continuing to lead by far, while the Religious Zionism party is moving past the electoral threshold.

Getting his party above the electoral threshold with room to spare. Betzalel Smotrich. (Photo: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

A new poll by Channel 13 and Professor Camile Fuchs published this evening (Thursday) provides a picture of what elections would look like if they took place today.

According to the numbers, Benny Gantz’s State Camp party continues to lead the other parties, while Betzalel Smotrich’s party recovers after having not crossed the electoral threshold in previous polls.

According to the poll, if elections took place today, the Knesset would look as follows: State Camp – 16 seats, Yesh Atid – 15 seats, Shas – 9 seats.

Meanwhile, Yisrael Beiteinu would get 8 seats, Otzmah Yehudit would get 8 seats, UTJ – 7 seats, Ra’am – 6 seats, Hadash-Ta’al – 4 seats, Religious Zionism – 5 seats, Meretz – 4 seats.

Under the electoral threshold: Balad and Labor.

Based on a breakdown of blocs: the current opposition bloc would have 75 seats, while the current coalition would have 45 seats.

According to the poll, if Likud was lead by Yossi Cohen and not Binyamin Netanyahu, Likud would get 23 seats.

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