Kesher Talk

Today is election day in Israel: Israelis go to the voting booths today. The latest opinion polls point to a reasonable number of Parliament (called the Knesset) seats going to Sharon. The remaining question, if those polls are correct, is with whom his Likkud party will form a coalition government. I'll try to post more information as the day progresses.

Update: Renatinha is excited to vote: "I was voting for someone in which I believe, I was voting freely, because I WANTED and not because I HAD TO like in Brasil. New sensations for me."

- Because he will be out of the country on business, Tal G will not even be able to vote...

- Hebrew University professor Avi Diskin, who is in charge of the voting turnout sample, predicted that only 72 percent of Israelis with the right to vote would cast their ballots. That would be the lowest figure ever, and 6.7 percent lower than the 1999 election. The voting turnout for the election of the prime minister in 2001 was 62 percent. Diskin said he thought the apparently low turnout might be due to voter disaffection with the politicians as well as “voting fatigue.”

posted by William @ 1/28/2003 08:41:02 AM