Israel's prime ministers have held various levels of approval ratings. Several factors contribute to these ratings, including: the political and security situation at each point in time, the level of criticism expressed by the media, the circumstances under which s/he was elected, and their personal charisma as perceived by the public.
The information provided here is based on three types of continuing surveys: Election Surveys, National Security Surveys, and Democracy Surveys. Data was gathered in July 1984; October 1988; June 1992; May 1996; February 1998; January 1999; January 2001; January 2003; July, September, and December 2005; and March 2006. The sample size of these surveys varied from 515 respondents (in January 2001) to over 2,000 respondents (in July 2005). The average sample size is over 1,100 respondents.