A majority of Israeli Jews believe the right wing bloc will form the next coalition while Israeli Arabs believe the Center-Left bloc will be nominated to do so, according to the latest monthly Peace Index poll of the Israel Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv University.
The poll found that among Israeli Jews, 59.8 percent believe the Right bloc will form the government, 24.4% said the Center-Left bloc, and 15.8% did not know or declined to respond. Among Israeli Arabs, 51.9% said the Center-Left bloc and 18.8% said the Right, and 29.4% did not know or declined to respond.
Asked which bloc they wanted to form the coalition, 54.8% preferred the Right, 32.5% the Center-Left, and 12.7% declined to answer or did not know. Among Arabs, 63.3% said the Left, 15.7% the Right and 21% did know or declined to respond.
Yisrael Beytenu, Yesh Atid, Shas, and Koolanu were either defined as center or unknown by the electorate. For instance, 28.7% of respondents said Koolanu is a centrist party, 19.7% said it was on the Right, 7.5% said the Left, and 29.2% said it was not clear at the moment, and 14.9% did not know or would not answer.
A plurality of Jewish voters (34.4%) preferred Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister, 17.7% Labor leader Isaac Herzog, 10.5% Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett, 6.3% Hatnua head Tzipi Livni, 5.3% Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman, 4.2% Koolanu head Moshe Kahlon, 2.6% Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid, and 18.9% did not know or declined to respond.
Forty point six percent said the issues that would most determine their vote were socioeconomic, 32.8% said security or political issues, 18% said both, 4.7% either or neither, and 5.4% did not know or declined to answer.
The survey was conducted by the Midgam Research Institute.
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