# Voting 2026 - Good, Bad, and Ugly **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 9, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-2026-good-bad-and-ugly/1033700 "2026-10-09T16:24:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 111
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-2026-good-bad-and-ugly/1033700/111 "2026-10-27T14:22:00Z")
It has to be a coalition - no party has ever won a clear majority in my lifetime, if ever. The question is, which parties will make up the majority, and who they’ll choose as Prime Minister. Right now there’s a clear division between pro-Netanyahu parties and anti-Netanyahu parties, but once the political dealmaking starts, who knows what’ll happen. The most exciting time in in Israeli politics is in the weeks _after_ an election. Exit polls will be published at 10 PM Israel time (4 PM Eastern) after voting ends; actual results will start coming in then and we’ll know for sure by tomorrow morning. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-2026-good-bad-and-ugly/1033700)._