Outgoing MK Michael Kleiner of Herut said that a few days before the election, he received the results of an internal poll showing that there was a reasonable doubt of his party passing the minimum vote threshold. Herut in fact received some 10,000 fewer votes than necessary to enter the Knesset - not including the soldiers' votes, which are being counted today. Kleiner, who chose Baruch Marzel as his party's #2 candidate, said that he did not back out after receiving the results because the outcome was so questionable that he felt a responsibility to "stick it out."