1) It's a national holiday--the majority of schools and businesses are closed. and businesses that are open have to pay their employees double salary.
2) The country is about to spend an estimated 3 million nis (over $800,000) offering free public transportation tomorrow so no one can say they didn't vote because it cost too much to get to their voting station
3) Here, voters choose a party, not a candidate. The parties make lists of the people they will put into the Knesset based on how many seats they earn in the election. So no one votes for, say, Nehanyahu. They vote for the Likud party, knowing that he is the top of that party.
4) Driving through our town, there are lots of political signs up. Driving through the extremely religious section of town a few kilometers away, there are also plenty of signs up, but these are discouraging people from voting (don't get me started!)
5) Election season here is TOO SHORT (in my opinion)! It's just a few months of active campaigning and there are no debates between party leaders.
6) My call is that Likud will win again. I think too many people here can't imagine anyone but Bibi doing this job. But we'll see!
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