Poll: Plurality of Labor voters support Peres as chairman, majority Likud
Central Comm for Sharon

Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 30 December 2004

Telephone poll carried out by "Brain Base" ["Maagar Mochot"] of a
representative sample of 466 Labor Party voters and a random sample of 413
Likud Central Committee members under the direction of Prof. Y.Katz for
Israel Radio's "Another Matter" program on 29 December 2004:

Labor voters:

If primaries were held today for the chairmanship of the Labor Party who
would you vote for?
Peres 33% Vilnai 12% Barak 10% Pines 10% Peretz 10%
Ben Eliezer 5% Other answer 20%

If Peres does not run for the chairmanship of the Labor Party who would you
vote for?
Vilnai 29% Pines 24% Barak 14% Peretz 10%
Ben Eliezer 5% Other answer 18%

Who of the seven Labor Party ministers should be in the Diplomatic-Security
Cabinet?
Vilnai 38% Pines 14% Itzik 10% Herzog 10% Ben Elizer 5% Ramon 5%
Simchon 2% Other answer 16%

Likud Central Committe members:

If primaries were held today for the chairmanship of the Likud, who would
you vote for?
Sharon 54% Netanyahu 27% Other 19%
[IMRA: All members of the Likud vote in the primaries - not just the members
of the Central Committee]

The prime minister has to choose an additional minister from among the Likud
MKs. Who would you choose?
Gideon Sa`ar 22% Abraham Hirchson 18% Ze`ev Boim 12%
Gila Gamliel 11% Ronnie Bar-On 10% Jacob Edery 8%
Other answer 19%

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