16% of Israel’s 1st-time voters back Eisenkot’s party: Poll

An Israeli public opinion poll showed Wednesday that 16% of young people voting for the first time support the opposition Yashar party, led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, compared with 14% who support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, Anadolu reports. The poll, conducted by Israel’s Channel 12 in coordination with Midgam, a private research institute, surveyed 1,521 people and had a margin of error of 4.4%. The channel said the survey focused on young people eligible to vote for the first time, a group of about 550,000 men and women age 18-22. Overall, 39% of first-time voters said they favored opposition parties, compared with 37% who favored parties in the governing coalition, while the remainder supported other parties. […]