Topic: exit polls

June 7, 2016
7:18 pm

Presidential candidate for the "Peruanos por el Kambio" party Pedro Pablo Kuczynski celebrates the preliminary results from the runoff elections, on June 5, 2016 in Lima. (AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BERNETTI)

Son of Jewish immigrant wins Peruvian presidency race

Ex-Wall Street banker Pedro Pablo Kuczynski claims victory, but controversial rival says it’s not over till the last vote is counted

By AFP

March 25, 2015
1:33 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu in an Election Day message, March 17, 2015 (screen capture: YouTube)

Netanyahu’s ‘Arab droves’ warning may have been decisive in his victory

TV pollster says surveys showed Likud trailing by 3-4 seats at noon on election day; then PM issued controversial Facebook post

By Times of Israel staff

March 18, 2015
6:29 pm

Channel 2 exit poll at 10 p.m. on March 17, 2105 gave Zionist Union 27 seats and Likud 28. The final result was Likud 30, Zionist Union 24. (Channel 2 screenshot)

Botched TV exit polls earn vote of no confidence

Pollsters try to explain why they got the election result wrong, say many voters refused to participate

By Renee Ghert-Zand

January 23, 2013
3:54 am

Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett electrifies supporters at Kfar Hamaccabiah on January 22 (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Bennett energizes disheartened disciples, prepares for long road

Jewish Home activists were expecting more, but party leader insists the mission to inject religious content into Zionism is making heady progress

By Mitch Ginsburg

November 7, 2012
6:55 pm

Mitt Romney visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem during his presidential campaign (photo credit: Shutterstock)

Jewish Republicans congratulate Obama, call for bipartisanship

RJC notes uptick in Republican support among US Jews, from 15% in 1992 to 31% in 2012

By Haviv Rettig Gur

November 7, 2012
11:16 am

David Harris, the president of the National Jewish Democratic Council, speaking to a British journalist outside the NJDC bus in Charlotte N.C., Sept. 3 (photo credit: Ron Kampeas/JTA)

Obama wins big among Jews, with 69%-30% victory over Romney

Despite millions of dollars spent and unprecedented grass-roots work by Republican Jewish groups, exit polls of Jewish voters show only slight decline in support for Democrats

By Haviv Rettig Gur