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Israeli Public Opinion Polls: Opinion Regarding Elections for the 18th Knesset

(2009)

On a scale of 1 (very disappointed) to 5 (very satisfied), how would you rate your feelings regarding the results of the election? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index - February 2009)

1- Very disappointed
23.9%
2
18.7%
3
35.1%
4
10.4%
5- Very satisfied
6.2%
No opinion/I don't know
5.7%

How do you think the results of the election will affect the relationship between Israel and the Obama administration? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index - February 2009)

No impact
51.0%
Will improve relationship
15.4%
Will damage relationship
12.7%
No opinion/I don't know
20.9%

Who would you like to be Israel's Prime Minister? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index - February 2009)

Tzipi Livni
35.5%
Benjamin Netanyahu
37.6%
Share the position
6.0%
Neither of them
15.1%
No opinion/I don't know
5.9%

Which coalition would you prefer to see formed? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index - February 2009)

Likud, Yisrael Beiteinu, and other right-wing parties
21.8%
Likud, Kadima, and Yisrael Beiteinu
15.7%
Likud, Kadima, and Labor
35.8%
Kadima, Labor, and Yisrael Beiteinu
10.4%
No opinion/I don't know
16.2%

Who do you trust most with handling Israel's security issues? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index - February 2009)

Ehud Barak
41.1%
Shaul Mofaz
13.0%
Moshe Yaalon
12.4%
Avigdor Lieberman
10.5%
None of them
13.7%
No opinion/I don't know
9.2%

Where on the political spectrum would you place yourself based on security issues ? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index - February 2009)

Left
11.4%
Moderate left
9.4%
Center
26.1%
Moderate right
18.9%
Right
23.9%
No opinion/I don't know
10.4%

Do you think election results increased, decreased, or did not change the chances of reaching a settlement with Hamas to bring peace to the south of Israel and to liberate Gilad Shalit? (The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Peace Index - February 2009)

Increased the chances
16.6%
Decreased the chances
18.6%
Did not change the chances
55.0%
No opinion/I don't know
9.9%