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malaise

(269,026 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2015, 02:55 PM Mar 2015

High voter turn out in Israel - can't be good for Bibi

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/mar/17/israel-elections-netanyahu-herzog-voters-coalition-knesset
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Voter turnout passes 2013 levels

As of 8pm local time – with plenty of time left for Israelis to vote – voter turnout has reached 65.7% and surpassed its corresponding level in 2013, of 63.9%.

Turnout is now at its highest since the 1999 election, Tablet’s Yair Rosenberg points out, and the Jerusalem Post’s political correspondent Gil Hoffman shames Americans a little for their lack of electoral enthusiasm.

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Voter turnout passes up turnout from 2 years ago at this time. Already 65.7%. That # will never happen in the US! And there's 2 hours left!

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High voter turn out in Israel - can't be good for Bibi (Original Post) malaise Mar 2015 OP

Bye-bye Bibi! dorkzilla Mar 2015 #1

Or…he succeeded in waking up the hardest right who left Likud. blm Mar 2015 #2

Please be wrong malaise Mar 2015 #3

These are ruthless people who have proven they'll stop at nothing blm Mar 2015 #5

Here's hoping Bibi does a faceplant today. AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #4

Is that how it works in Israel, too? (Higher turnout = bad for conservatives) Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2015 #6

Tommy e-cigdub Mar 2015 #8

We can only hope. I'm sick to death of Bibi... WorseBeforeBetter Mar 2015 #7

dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)

1. Bye-bye Bibi!

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 03:02 PM

Mar 2015

He’s already stamping his feet around throwing hissy fits like the big baby he is...he sees the writing on the wall.

blm

(113,063 posts)

2. Or…he succeeded in waking up the hardest right who left Likud.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 03:07 PM

Mar 2015

Add to that the ability of GOP to pull off their election deceits - this election there kinda has the feel of our 2004 election. This prospect keeps me cautious.

malaise

(269,026 posts)

3. Please be wrong

Reply to blm (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 03:16 PM

Mar 2015

Hope we don't hear that the exit polls aren't accurate (like Ohio 2004 when they stole that state)

blm

(113,063 posts)

5. These are ruthless people who have proven they'll stop at nothing

Reply to malaise (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 04:16 PM

Mar 2015

when it comes to power. Bushes, Cheney, Putin, Bibi, Assad, and dozens of other dictators around the globe. They are wired the same way.

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)

4. Here's hoping Bibi does a faceplant today.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 03:18 PM

Mar 2015

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)

6. Is that how it works in Israel, too? (Higher turnout = bad for conservatives)

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 04:20 PM

Mar 2015

I know that's how it typically works here, but not sure if it's universal.

e-cigdub

(40 posts)

8. Tommy

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 04:31 PM

Mar 2015

Yep exactly!! thats why sometimes i dont get the anti israel sentiments in some liberal circles. They have a lot of liberals in that country! Just like here they dont always vote. We need NGO in israel to turn out the liberal vote. ANYTIME israel votes over 70 percent the left wins the elections.

WorseBeforeBetter

(11,441 posts)

7. We can only hope. I'm sick to death of Bibi...

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 04:30 PM

Mar 2015

and have been since the early '90s when I first caught wind of this asshole.

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