Thursday, September 10, 2009

Poll: PM Netanyahu's approval rises to 65%,only 4% strongly disapprove; 90% Likud voters support the PM

According to a poll released today on Kol Israel radio on "Hakol diburim" talk show PM Netanyahu's Popularity is sky ranking as more then two thirds of the public give him a positive score on his Job handling, 65% approve his job handling as PM, 25% disapprove and only 4% strongly disapprove.

Although only 33% of Likud voters support PM plan of a partial freeze in settlement construction, Netnayahu enjoys the support of 90% of likud voters and approve his job handling.

If Elections were held today the only party that would gain seats is the Likud, while Kadima would lose 4 seats and Lieberman 2 seats.

Results in seats:
Likud - 32
Kadima - 24
Yisrael Bietenu - 13
Labor - 12

The results bolster the government coalition and leave Kadima leader Tzipi Livni in trouble. Less than half of the respondents had a positive view of her as Opposition leader, and 25 percent of Kadima voters gave her a negative mark.