Preview -Dahaf Poll 9 January 2003
Aaron Lerner Date: 9 January 2003

The following are the results of Dahaf polls carried out January 8, 2003.

Yediot Ahronot continues to declines to share with the readers how many
respondents refused to reveal how they intended to
vote and, in turn, how the "refuse reply" party seats were allocated among
the real parties.

It should be noted that while the results claim to be +/- 3.4 percentage
points that that is the statistical error associated with the raw poll
results rather than the "processed" results in the Knesset seat table

Total population (including Israeli Arabs) sample of 653:
(results from week of 3 January in [brackets]

Knesset seats:

Right/Religious Bloc: Total 63- from 59 current Knesset [62.5]
Likud 28 [32] National Union/Ysrael Beiteinu 10.5 [8]
Shas 10.5 [9.5] NRP 5 [4] Yahadut Hatorah 5 [5]
Yisrael B'Aliya 4 [4]

"Center" Total 20.5 from 15 [17.5]
Shinui 17 [14] Am Echad 3.5 [3.5]

Left/Arabs: Total 36.5 from 47 current Knesset [37.5]
Labor/Meimad 21.5 [22] Meretz 7 [8]
Arab parties 8 [7.5] [includes Hadash]

"Other" Total 0 from 0 current Knesset [2]
Aleh Yarok 0 [2] (Aleh Yarok has added legalization of prostitution to its
platform to legalize marijuana)
Yediot Ahronot 9 January 2003

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