News 13 poll: Saar loses two seats and receives only 11 - like Bennett

March 2, 2021   

A survey conducted by Prof. Camille Fox for News 13 and published this evening (Tuesday) shows that if the elections were held today, the Likud would receive 27 seats - as it received in the previous survey. On the other hand, Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid strengthens by another seat, compared to the last survey - and receives 19 seats. Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope weakens by two seats and receives 11 seats. Yamina, led by Naftali Bennett, maintains stability from the previous survey - with 11 seats. The Joint List receives 8 seats, and Shas and United Torah Judaism with 7 seats each – unchanged from the last poll. Yisrael Beiteinu increases by one seat and now stands at 7. Labor receives 6 seats, and Religious Zionism strengthens by one seat and stands at 5. Blue and White, Meretz and Ra'am are scraping the threshold – with 4 seats each. Yaron Zelicha's economic party does not pass the threshold, with 2.11% of the votes. The emerging map of blocs shows that Netanyahu's bloc – which includes Likud, the Haredi parties and Religious Zionism – stands at 46 seats. The bloc to replace him stands at 59 seats. In the middle, Yamina with 11 seats and Ra'am with 4. According to the survey results, even if Bennett joins the 'Netanyahu bloc', they will only have 58 seats. On the other hand, if Bennett joins the 'Only Not Bibi' bloc, including Labor and Meretz, they will have 62 seats. When asked who the most suitable candidate to serve as prime minister is, 36% answered Benjamin Netanyahu. In second place is Yair Lapid with 19% of the votes, followed by Gideon Sa'ar with 13% and finally Naftali Bennett with 12%. However, in the case of a coalition without Netanyahu, 28% answered that they would like to see Bennett head the government, followed by Lapid and Sa'ar with 18% each. 26% claimed that neither of them would. A News 13 and Prof. Camille Fox poll was conducted today and included 705 respondents, of whom 602 from the Jewish population and 103 from the non-Jewish sector. The survey in the Jewish sector was conducted by the Sample Project company, managed by Dr. Ariel Ayalon. The survey in the non-Jewish sector was conducted by Stat-Net, managed by Yosef Makleda. The sampling error is 3.81%. The data was weighted by previous vote and by religious sector.