Despite Sharon's absence, Kadima maintains its lead in public opinion polls – the most recent gave it 44 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, compared to 21 for Labor and 14 for the right-wing rump-Likud, under Binyamin Netanyahu. Kadima’s success is due to Sharon’s main innovation in Israeli politics: the successful unilateral disengagement from Gaza.
尽管沙龙缺席，前进党仍然在民意调查中领先。最新的调查显示，该党将获得以色列议会120个席位中的44个，工党21个，而内塔尼亚胡领导的右翼残余的利库德党有14个席位。前进党的成功是由于沙龙在以色列政治中开创先河，也就是成功地单方面从加沙地带撤军。