The latest pre-election polls came out today, and Labor is the big loser. According to the poll, if elections were held today, Likud would win 32 seats in the Knesset, whereas Labor would have only 8(!) seats. According to the poll, Netanyahu would be able to form 65-seat coalition, made up of Yisrael Beiteinu, Shas, UTJ, and HaBayit HaYehudi (the new right wing party).
What baffles me most is Kadima, with 26 seats. This party has no ideology, is corrupt beyond belief, and still seems to be the default vote for the center-left public. How 20% of the public would still vote for them is beyond me?
Its lack of ideology, I think, is appealing to the moronic 20% that would (still) vote Kadima. It’s a self-defined moderate, centrist party and that’s the nature of moderates– they stand for nothing in particular. They just don’t want to offend anyone with their ideology— so they have none. Brilliant, really.
B”H
It’s the [antiSettler] fear factor. The Labor uses it too, but it was too late for them. They’ve lost their credibility. People have Meretz instead.
Other reasons, too: Israelis don’t really have any ideology either.
It’s a perfect match.
Ben Yehuda, very insightful
“Israelis don’t really have any ideology either.
It’s a perfect match.”
How unfortunate!