❖ On the propriety of the elections, about a third of the interviewees – as in the previous election campaigns over the past two years – do not believe that the official election results that will be announced will accurately reflect the voting at the ballot boxes. [...] ❖ A majority of the public opposes the notion that if Netanyahu wins the upcoming elections, the legal proceedings against him should be halted since a win would mean the people had again handed him the mandate despite the accusations against him. [...] We encoded the responses of the entire public, and nine categories emerged: the party’s basic positions and policy on different issues; the credibility/honesty of the leadership; the party’s leadership; “Just not Bibi/Only Bibi”; political and party loyalty; the party’s adherence to its values; democratic values and governmental stability; religion, tradition, and state; desire for a change; other. [...] Likewise for Torah Judaism voters, who responded in the past in the largest percentages that they would again vote for the same party, whether Netanyahu will continue to serve is a secondary consideration.) Propriety of the Elections In light of our past findings that a considerable portion of the public does not believe that the official election results accurately reflect the voting at the ballo. [...] 4 The position on this matter depends, not surprisingly, on the size of the party the interviewee intends to vote for: a majority of those who intend to vote for a large party agree with the statement, compared to a minority of those who intend to vote for a small party.
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