Poll: Olmert should resign now 62.8%:32.4%, Want elections 51.5% New Kadima
PM 32.9%
Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 3 May 2007

Telephone poll of a representative sample of 563 adult Israelis (including
Arab Israelis) carried out by Shvakim Panorama
for Israel Radio's "Another Matter" program on 2 May 2007.

Should prime minister Ehud Olmert resign now in the wake of the partial
Winograd Committee report or wait for the final report that will be issued
in a number of months?
Total: Resign now 62.8% Wait 32.4% Other 4.8%
Kadima voters: Resign 55.3% Wait 44.7%
Likud voters: Resign 85.8% Wait 14.2%
Labor voters: Resign 59.0% Wait 41.0%

Should Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni resign from the government if Olmert
decides not to resign and continue in his position?
Total: Resign 41.5% Stay 37.8% Other 20.7%
Kadima voters: Resign 31.8% Stay 56.5% Other 11.8%
Likud voters: Resign 54.3% Stay 34.5% Other 11.2%
Labor voters: Resign 57.3% Stay 34.3% Other 8.3%

Should foreign minister Livni lead the revolt against Ehud Olmert?
Total: Yes 36.1% No 34.7% Other 29.2%
Kadima voters: Yes 34.1% No 53.9% Other 11.9%
Likud voters: Yes 55.1% No 32.0% Other 12.9%
Labor voters: Yes 29.3% No 50.0% Other 20.7%

What do you prefer? New Knesset elections or the selection of a new prime
minister from Kadima without elections?
Total: Elections 51.5% Kadima PM 32.9% Other 15.6%
Kadima voters: Elections 27.6% Kadima PM 63.2% Other 9.2%
Likud voters: Elections 60.8% Kadima PM 27.8% Other 11.4%
Labor voters: Elections 36.7% Kadima PM 52.3% Other 11.0%

If Ehud Olmert resigns, who from the Kadima Party would you like as prime
minister in his place?
Total: Peres 29.8% Mofaz 9.8% Livni 19.6% Sheetrit 4.6% None of the above
23.0% Other 13.0%
Kadima voters: Peres 30.4 Mofaz 9.1% Livni 33.3% Sheetrit 6.6% None of the
above 6.6% Other 14.1%
Likud voters: Peres 8.9% Mofaz 17.2% Livni 15.1% Sheetrit 2.8% None of the
above 43.2% Other 12.9%
Labor voters: Peres 37.7% Mofaz 4.7% Livni 35.0% Shitreet 6.7% None of the
above 11.3% Other 4.7%

Should the next leader of the Labor Party elected in the primaries at the
end of the month join the Olmert Government?
Total: Yes 25.1% No 46.8% Other 28.1%
Kadima voters: Yes 46.1% No 33.9% Other 20.0%
Likud voters: Yes 16.5% No 60.4% Other 23.1%
Labor voters: Yes 34.3% No 52.0% Other 13.7%

Of the two, who would you prefer from the Labor Party as minister of
defense?
Total: Ayalon 44.4% Barak 22.7% Neither 17.5% Other 15.4%
Kadima voters: Ayalon 51.4% Barak 38.2% Neither 6.4% Other 4.0%
Likud voters: Ayalon 21.5 Barak 20.6% Neither 38.3% Other 19.9%
Labor voters: Ayalon 45.0% Barak 43.3% Neither 4.7% Other 7.0%

What grade from 1 to 10 would you give to the Winograd Committee?
Average grade:
Total 8.5 Kadima voters 8.5 Likud voters 8.6 Labor voters 8.8

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