Haaretz poll: Support for Kadima plummets under PM's leadership

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Kadima under the leadership of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is sinking in the polls, losing nearly two-thirds of its strength. According to a Haaretz-Dialog poll earlier this week, were elections held today, Kadima would win 12 seats in the Knesset and Likud would take its place with 29 seats.

According to the poll, only 20 percent of those who voted for Kadima in the previous election would do so today, while two-thirds of those supporting Likud in the 2006 election would do so again.

In a question about who would be more appropriate for the role of Defense Minister, in view of Ehud Barak's announcement that he is running for the leadership of Labor in May, those polled chose Ami Ayalon.

The poll, carried out under the guidance of Prof. Camile Fuchs, involved 500 persons, with a 4.9 percent maximum error.

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