According to a poll released today on the Knesset Channel, 85% of those who voted for Nir Barkat in the Jerusalem municipal elections did so out of fears that the capital was becoming too ultra-Orthodox. Secular people came out in droves to elect a secular mayor that may, they hoped, reverse the trend of the increasingly religious character of the city.

However, since his impressive victory over the ultra-Orthodox candidate Meir Porush, Barkat has been looking not so secular: