These tendencies were especially significant in the April 1978 election of Labor's Yitzhak Navon, following the inability of the governing Likud coalition to elect its candidate to the presidency.
Dessa tendenser var särskilt betydande i presidentvalet 1978 då Arbetarpartiets Yitzhak Navon valdes till president efter Likud-koalitionens misslyckande att välja sin kandidat till presidentskapet.