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Exit polls show no clear winner in Israeli election
Exit polls in Israel's election on Tuesday showed no clear winner, with opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot's bloc slightly ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's but short of a majority.[8, 9, 11 +1] Axios reported exit polls giving Eisenkot's bloc 52 to 53 seats, Netanyahu's 50, and Arab parties 17 to 18.[8] Israelis voted in record numbers in the country's first national election since the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks, which many viewed as a referendum on Netanyahu.[2, 10, 14 +1]
Netanyahu accused opponents of trying to steal the election following arrests in a suspected voter-bribery investigation, and he and Eisenkot accused each other of dirty tricks.[21, 22] Election officials rejected a last-ditch Likud petition to extend voting hours, according to the Washington Examiner.[29] Mediaite reported that Netanyahu's Likud party had drawn up complaints of voter fraud related to high turnout in the Israeli Arab community.[13]
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Read first Israeli exit polls: Netanyahu bloc loses, but Eisenkot's short of clear majority
How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 29 rated outlets that covered it, 6 are left of center, 15 are center and 8 are right of center (5 of them in the Right group). 6 more are not rated.
- Left: none.
- Leans left: Raw Story (−0.94), Talking Points Memo (−0.78), MS NOW (−0.76), The New York Times (−0.70), The Guardian (−0.70), NPR (−0.68).
- Center: NBC News (−0.49), PBS NewsHour (−0.48), TIME (−0.40), The Week US (−0.30), Foreign Policy (−0.20), ABC News (−0.19), International Business Times (−0.14), CBS News (−0.14), The Christian Science Monitor (−0.09), Axios (−0.05), Mediaite (+0.04), Yahoo News (+0.07), Bloomberg (+0.08), The Hill (+0.10), UPI (+0.17).
- Leans right: The Wall Street Journal (+0.63), New York Post (+0.64), The American Conservative (+1.06).
- Right: The Washington Times (+1.27), Washington Examiner (+1.34), Fox News (+1.52), Breitbart (+2.03), The Western Journal (+2.13).
Not rated Al Jazeera, BBC News, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, NewsNation, Semafor. Not placed: they have no lean score.
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