Most of the Israeli public still believes that Binyamin Netanyahu is the most suitable candidate for Prime Minister, according to a poll published on Friday on Kan 11 News.
The poll finds that 45% of the public believes that Netanyahu is the most suitable candidate to lead the country, compared with 35% who believe that Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz is the most suitable candidate for Prime Minister.
At the same time, 38% of supporters of Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party do not want either of them in the position. 37% of them support Netanyahu, compared with 25% who support Gantz.
In addition, almost half of the public would prefer a government headed by a party that is not the Likud should Netanyahu again fail to form a government. 28% would prefer a government headed by another senior Likud official other than Netanyahu, and only 8% think there should another election.
The vast majority of Netanyahu’s supporters, 61%, would prefer to see another senior Likud leader as Prime Minister if Netanyahu fails to form a government after the September election. 13% would prefer another election, and only 8% support the establishment of a government headed by a party other than the Likud.
In contrast, 51% of Yisrael Beytenu supporters prefer that the mandate be transferred to another party. 22% prefer that another Likud official form a government, and only 5% think that it is worthwhile to go to a third election if a government headed by Netanyahu cannot be formed.
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