Election Studies

Israel National Election Studies design:

• 1969 - Three waves during August to December 1969
• 1973 - Five waves during May 1973 to January 1974. The first two phases used a panel design.
• 1977 - Three waves in March to May and one post-election wave in June 1977 
• 1981 - Three waves during March to June 1981
• 1984 - A one phase study, July 1984
• 1988 - A two-wave panel, conducted in December 1987 and October 1988
• 1992 - A one phase survey, conducted in June 1992
• 1996 - A one phase survey, conducted in May 1996
• 1999 - A two-wave panel: pre-election survey conducted in April-May and a post-election survey conducted in May 1999
• 2001 - A survey conducted in January-February 2001
• 2003 - A survey conducted in January 2003
• 2006 - A two-wave panel: pre-election survey conducted in March and a post-election survey conducted in April 2006
• 2009 - A two-wave panel: pre-election survey conducted in January-February and a post-election survey conducted in February 2009
• 2013 - A two-wave panel: pre-election survey conducted in December 2012 - January 2013 and a post-election survey conducted in January-February 2013
• 2015 - A two-wave panel: pre-election survey conducted in February-March 2015 and a post-election survey conducted in March-April 2015.
• 2019-2021 - Four-election cycle: Three panel studies:

  1) A four-wave panel to cover the April and September 2019 elections: pre-(April) election survey conducted in February-April 2019;
  post-(April) election survey conducted in April 2019; pre-(September) election survey conducted in September 2019; and a post-(September) election survey in September-October 2019.
  2) A two-wave panel covering the March 2020 election, consisting of a pre-election survey conducted in January-March 2020, and a post-election survey in March 2020.
  3) A two-wave panel covering the March 2021 election, consisting of a pre-election survey conducted in February-March 2021, and a post-election survey in March 2021.