New Hope leader Gideon Sa'ar may face a bitter disappointment come election day, as his party is losing steam in the polls.
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Israelis will head to the polls for the fourth time in two years on March 23. So far, surveys have predicted both political blocs will struggle to form a coalition, with Yamina emerging as the party that could tip the scales and determine the character of the next government.
According to Channel 13 News, were elections held at this time, Likud would win 29 Knesset seats, followed by Yesh Atid (20), Yamina (11), New Hope (9), the Joint Arab List (8), Yisrael Beytenu (7), United Torah Judaism (7), Shas (6), Labor (6), the Religious Zionist Party (5), Meretz (4), Ra'am (4) and Blue and White (4).
The Economic party fails to cross the prerequisite four-Knesset-seat electoral threshold of 3.25% of the votes, winning only 1.7% of the votes. Party leader Yaron Zelekha has faced harsh criticism for insisting on pursuing his electoral bid, despite the fact the those votes would go to waste.
Channel 13 News projected 47 mandates for the right-wing bloc and 58 seats for the Center-Left bloc, excluding Yamina and Ra'am as they could decide to partner with either one.
Gauging approval ratings, 35% of respondents said they would like to see Benjamin Netanyahu named the prime minister, 20% favored Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, 13% named Sa'ar, and 12% named Yamina leader Naftali Bennett.
Asked who they would prefer to see as prime minister in the event Netanyahu fails to form a coalition, 26% of respondents chose Lapid, 23% named Bennett, 20% favored Sa'ar, and 18% said none of them was suited for the role.
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