If Israel's electoral laws were changed so that Israelis would choose a Knesset and a prime minister in two separate ballots, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have the upper hand over Yesh Atid leader Yesh Atid in a head-to-head matchup, Channel 12 News reported Thursday.
According to the report, Netanyahu would get 43% of the vote, compared to Lapid, who would get 37%. When only right-wing respondents were asked, they showed a preference to Netanyahu more than three times as much as to Lapid (65% compared to 20%). The figures were reversed when asked only among left-wing respondents: Some 74% said they would support Lapid, compared to 8% who said they would support Netanyahu.
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Netanyahu has recently called for a special election for prime minister rather than for the entire Knesset. This, Netanyahu hopes, would allow Israel to emerge from its long political gridlock and lead to a government being sworn in (Israel currently has a transitional government and the March 23 election ended without a conclusive outcome).
According to the poll, when presented with a choice of Yamina leader Naftali Bennett vs. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the incumbent prime minister gets 41% compared to 26% to his right-wing rival. Among the right-wing respondents, Netanyahu gets 59% compared to Bennett's 26%.
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