Gaydamak, sejak lama merupakan sekutu pimpinan partai sayap kanan Likud dan mantan perdana menteri Benjamin Netanyahu, mengatakan bahwa jajak pendapat tentang dirinya menunjukkan bahwa dia mempunyai dukungan luar dari minoritas orang-orang Israel di Rusia, dan bisa menghimpun antara 25 sampai 30 persen dukungan suara di negara Yahudi tersebut.
Gaydamak, a long time ally of right-wing Likud party leader and former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said his own polling showed he had broad support from Israel's large Russian minority and could count on between 25 and 30 percent support in a nationwide vote.