Of course, we voted early, and of course in our neighborhood, the voting poll was crowded.  But we’re probably the only ones.  The voting is down – it’s always down on the left when the people are in despair.  Leftists despair and give up – rightists get together to support each other.  While the airport has been crowded for weeks for people who have come in to vote for the religious parties, every Israeli citizen I know who’s abroad is staying there, and many who live here went off to the Sinai Desert for the holidays..