article_snippet: For weeks, Netanyahu's Likud party trailed in opinion polls to the Zionist Union alliance that characterized CNN)Benjamin Netanyahu as a divisive leader not up to the task of making the lives of ordinary Israelis better.
article_snippet: 5 questions about Netanyahu's apparent victory .
article_snippet: Netanyahu's apparent victory goes to the party leader most suited to put together a 61-seat majority.
article_snippet: Many woke up Wednesday questioning all those polls suggesting that Netanyahu's latest six-year term could be coming to an end.
article_snippet: Israeli media outlets released surveys suggesting that either the Zionist Union would win the vote or, at least, finish in a dead heat with Likud.
article_snippet: Exit polls from Israel's three major broadcasters showed the two parties neck and neck, not the apparent five-seat advantage that Likud appears to have secured.
article_snippet: As Netanyahu's win reverberates, one question remains: Did Netanyahu gain extra seats because of an 11th-hour surge, or were the major polls skewed from the beginning?
article_snippet: Opinion: Will Netanyahu win seal
article_snippet: The danger of Netanyahu's win .