What led to Ben-Gvir, Smotrich's leap in the election? - analysis

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What led to Ben-Gvir, Smotrich's leap in the election? - analysis
Ben-Gvir and Smotrich's Religious Zionist party had far more voters in the election last week than in previous elections.
By ELIAV BREUER
Published: NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Data from last week’s election show two population groups that stood out in their contribution to the more than doubling of the Religious Zionism Party (RZP) from six seats in the 2021 election to 14 this time, or in percentages, 5.1% of all votes in 2021 to 10.4%.

The first group consists of voters in religious-Zionist towns, settlements and even kibbutzim, which were won by former prime minister Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked’s Yamina Party in the previous election. While Yamina (Rightward) won 6.2% of the general vote in 2021, Shaked, now head of the Habayit Hayehudi Party (Jewish Home), won just 1.2% of the general vote this time. RZP attracted many of Yamina’s former voters.

For example, Efrat, which in 2021 voted 26% for RZP, this time almost doubled its vote to 48%; Givat Shmuel went from 15% to 24%, just beating out the Likud; Elkana went from 37% to more than 52%; Hoshaya doubled from 12% to 24.6%; Kfar Etzion from 18% to 28.5%; Tirat Zvi from 18% to more than 29%; and Sa’ad also almost doubled from 16% in 2021 to 30.3% in this election.

more............... https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-721775
 
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