Israel has a ton of cleavages that are interesting to analyze:
- Mizrahi, Sephardic Jews are more likely to vote Likud, Shas and for other right-wing parties
- Ethiopian Jews seem more left-leaning? Not completely sure on this.
- Arabs clearly vote for the Arab parties and if they don't, usually vote for Zionist Union or Meretz.
- Ashkenazi Jews vote more center to center-left, particularly for the Zionist Union, Meretz and Yesh Atid
- Poorer voters/working class voters support Likud, Shas
- Wealthy voters vote for more left-leaning parties, like the Zionist Union and Meretz
- Russian Jews vote for Yisrael Beiteinu, Likud and Zionist Union in that order (also depends what type of Russian Jews, whether they are post-USSR immigrants, or pre-USSR collapse immigrants)
- Older voters back the left more; younger voters the right.
- Divide between Secular and Religious Jewish voters is very clear and present. Secular voters prefer Zionist Union, Meretz on the left and Yesh Atid, Kulanu, Yisrael Beiteinu (Russian seculars) towards the middle or non-binary ideological spectrum.
I'm sure I'm wrong on some of the details, but I think I got a good gist of some of the trends. If not, hope one the Israelis corrects me.
https://demotrends.wordpress.com/2015/04/15/the-demographics-behind-elections/ this link has some info about some of the trends I listed.
Any reason for this? Is there any reason for such a monstrosity of a class divide, I also want proof, as me leftist self can't believe it. *Sigh*
How was the vote for this in the past? Who did poorer/working class isreali's vote for in the past, compared to richer one's.
How do the kibbutz vote, both labour ones and religious ones. Want to go there one day, though it's being destroyed due to the opening of private business.
A leftist can dream the dream of the kibbutz can he not?
Also since there are different arab parties, ranging for communists to islamists, which arabs, vote for which?
