Poll Results 1 November 2002

Aaron Lerner Date: 2 November 2002

The following are the results of a Dahaf poll of a representative sample of
500 adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) and a sample of 499 Labor Party
members carried out on 31 October. Statistical error +/- 4.5 percentage
points:

Part 1 To Labor Party members:

Was Ben Eliezer's decision to leave the government justified?
Yes 53% No 38% No reply 9%

Who would you vote for to head the Labor Party?
31 Oct. Ben Eliezer 30% Mitzna 41% Ramon 19%
Earlier in week: Ben Eliezer 22% Mitzna 34% Ramon 27%

Part 2 - All Israelis

Was the break up of the unity government justified?
Yes 31% No 61% No reply 8%

Who was responsible for the break up of the unity government?
Total: Sharon 22% Ben Eliezer 61% Both 12% No reply 5%
Labor: Sharon 41% Ben Eliezer 31% Both 12% No reply 16%

What is preferable - narrow government headed by Sharon or early elections?
Narrow government 47% Elections 46% No reply 7%

Who would you like to see as foreign minister in a narrow Sharon government?
Netanyahu 42% Peres 42% Leiberman 10% All same 1% None of them 5%

Who would you like to see as defense minister alongside Sharon?
Meridor 20% Mofaz 53% Olmert 3% Sharon 11%
No preference 6% None 6% No reply 1%

If elections were held today - expressed in Knesset seats [actual today in
brackets]

31 [19] Likud
19 [26] Labor
11 [17] Shas
11 [10] Arab parties
11 [06] Shinui
10 [08] National Union/Yisrael Beiteinu
09 [10] Meretz
05 [05] Agudat Yisrael/Yahadut Hatorah
05 [05] NRP
04 [06] Yisrael B'Aliya
03 [02] Am Echad (Peretz)
01 [--] Democratic Choice
00 [02] Gesher

Yediot Ahronot 1 November 2002.

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
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