A survey, reweighted: party preferences and the age adjustment

How age weighting changed the reported results of a voluntary survey of Russian-speaking immigrants, and why it is not a national election forecast.

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Video published: Sep 17, 2026

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0:00 · Preferences after age weighting

POLLING / 16 SEP 2026 Who leads this online survey? Russian-speaking immigrants Top three, after age weighting Yisrael Beytenu 29% Likud 16% Beyahad 11% Voluntary, nonrepresentative.

0:12 · The limits of the adjustment

HOW THE WEIGHTING WORKED Same answers. New weights. Eight age groups, weighted differently. Average age, years ≈64 Sample 59 Target The target is an estimate, not an official statistic.

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