Poll: 49%:40% Likud Central Comm. supports early primaries
Aaron Lerner Date: 8 September 2005

The following is IMRA's translation of results of a telephone poll carried
out by "Brain Base" ["Maagar Mochot"] of a representative sample of 411
adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) and 400 Likud Party members and 302
Likud Central Committee members for Israel Radio's "Another Matter" program
on 7 September 2005.

D you support or oppose advancing the primaries for the election of the
chairman of the Likud and its candidate for prime minister?
Vote Likud: Support 41% Oppose 41% Other replies 18%
Likud members: Support 46% Oppose 40% Other replies 14%
Likud Central Comm. members: Support 49% Oppose 40% Other replies 11%

If primaries were held today for the election of the chairman of the Likud
and its candidate for prime minister who would you vote for? (IMRA: only
party members can vote):
Vote Likud:
Sharon 42% Netanyahu 27% Landau 10% Feiglin 2% Other replies 19%
Likud members:
Sharon 34% Netanyahu 24% Landau 15% Feiglin 5% Other replies 22%
Central committee members:
Sharon 34% Netanyahu 34% Landau 15% Feiglin 4% Other replies 13%

If primaries were held today and there were only two candidates, Sharon and
Netanyahu, who would you vote for?
Vote Likud:
Sharon 44% Netanyahu 34% Other replies 22%
Likud members:
Sharon 32% Netanyahu 38% Other replies 30%
Central committee members:
Sharon 35% Netanyahu 45% Other replies 20%

Who would you prefer to be chairman of the Labor Party? Peres, Peretz, Ben
Eliezer, Vilnay or Barak?
Voted Labor in last Knesset elections:
Peres 35% Peretz 13% Ben Eliezer 6% Vilnay 13% Barak 18% Other replies 15%

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