While political polls mean little, I just read one breakdown of polls that made me wonder.
According to the first polls taken after the submission of party lists deadline at the end of last week, it seems the merger between Smotritch and Ben Gvir could hurt UTJ. The polls show them getting in with 5 seats and knocking UTJ down to 6.
I myself assumed that Smotritch- Ben Gvir would hurt UTJ, the question is really by how much.
It made me wonder if perhaps all the parties who run anti-Haredi campaigns, or the voters who vote for that, would possibly do better achieving the weakening of the Haredi parties by voting or encouraging others to vote, for Smotritch-Ben Gvir, as they seem to bring the biggest blow to UTJ - far more than Lieberman or Lapid..
The problem with that is with Smotritch saying he will only recommend Netanyahu for PM, even a smaller UTJ still gets the power (if Bibi achieves 61). Also, those parties are not just running anti-haredi campaigns but also anti-Bibi campaigns and then supporting Smotritch doesn't help.
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