Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Stark Difference of Opinion Towards Netanyahu Between Right and Left Voters

Israelis view Netanyahu positively. hence, the partisan gap couldn't be more starker. Right-Wing voters give Netanyahu high marks for the job he's doing as Prime Minister and show as much concern for security issues such as the Iranian threat, while Left-Wing voters, and centrist voters who prefer parties from left of Likud, view the country as heading in the wrong direction, give Netanyahu poor ratings as prime minister, and put socioeconomic/domestic issues far above anything else, according to Times of Israel poll.
Key Findings:

-35% of likely voters believe Israel is heading in the correct direction, while 51% of likely voters  believe the country is heading in the wrong direction.

-Among voters who see Israel as moving in the correct direction, 67% believe Netanyahu is doing a good job as prime minister. while 78% of voters who view Israel as moving in the wrong direction, believe Netanyahu is doing a fair or bad job.

 -53% of voters view Netanyahu positively

-Among those who believe Israel is headed in the right direction, 84% have positive views toward Netanyahu while 11% have negative views. while among those who believe Israel is headed in the wrong direction, 29% have positive views toward Netanyahu and 66% have negative.

-Among left-wing voters, 6% believe the country is heading in the correct direction while a huge 86% say the direction is wrong.

-Among centrists voters, 27% say Israel is headed in the right direction, 62% say wrong direction.

-Among self-described right-wing voters, a whopping 58% believe the country is heading in the correct direction while 26% believe Israel is heading in the wrong direction.

-Among the 53% of voters who view Netanyahu positively, 55% said the country was moving in the correct direction, while 28% said the wrong direction.
-Among the 46% of voters who view Yechimovich positively, 31% see Israel moving in the correct direction and 57% in the wrong direction.
-Among self-identified Orthodox Jewish voters, 62% perceive the country moving in the right direction while 20% view it moving in the wrong direction. 

-Among self-identified secular Jewish voters, 30% view the country moving in the right direction and 59% in the wrong direction.