Many Likud ministers and their deputies were roped into Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri's and Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman's shady deal and supported Moshe Lion's candidacy for Jerusalem mayor. On the other hand, not only did Likud members Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and MKs Reuven Rivlin and Tzipi Hotovely manage to buck that trend, so did key Likud ministers Limor Livnat and Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon. During the campaign, Livnat sat next to Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat (who was running for reelection against Lion) at a soccer game, knowing full well she would be photographed by the media. This is the right way to behave, rather than fearing a handful of local politicos in the Likud's Jerusalem branch who wanted Lion and would exact revenge in future primaries on any ministers and MKs who failed to tow the line. Who, at the end of the day, will be more respected by rank-and-file Likud members? Those who refused to take orders from Lieberman and Deri, or the likes of MKs Gilad Erdan, Israel Katz, Gideon Sa'ar, Silvan Shalom or their lackeys Ofir Akunis, Ze'ev Elkin and others? Today's poll in Israel Hayom provides a glimmer of hope after the great disappointment of seeing half of the public too apathetic to vote this week. It's clear that an overwhelming majority of Israelis are pleased with Barkat's election. But one of the most interesting aspects of this survey is the opinion of Jerusalem residents, who gave Barkat a narrow election win of six percent. In the survey, 62.6 percent of respondents say they are happy with the results, while 21.5% say they are not. This is a significant increase, and it leaves readers optimistic in the wake of the dishearteningly low voter turnout. Another survey result, which is no less significant than the analysis of the elections in Jerusalem, is the unequivocal position that mayors charged with crimes belong not in their offices but in court. Eighty percent of those surveyed agreed as opposed to 13% who disagreed. This was the result nationwide. So how is it possible that three cities reelected mayors who will spend the coming months in court? What percentage of citizens demanded the ouster of their mayors in Bat Yam, Ramat Hasharon and Nazareth Illit? The natural tendency is to look on the bright side of this result. If High Court justices had the legal basis to oust the accused while they were still presumed innocent, they would. If not, it is clear that most Israelis feel that such a mayor's place is not at the municipal steering wheel. When a resident of Bat Yam supports indicted mayor Shlomi Lahiani, does it lead him to deviate from his own personal principles? Does this citizen suffer from a kind of split personality, favoring the ouster of a mayor who has been indicted unless it is his mayor? We must not rush to conclusions. It's possible that even in Bat Yam there is a majority who believe that Lahiani should go home. Except that this majority is part of the large populace that did not bother to vote. So that among the minority who did come to the polls, most wanted him to continue to serve. We don't have enough data to answer the question. Except perhaps for the survey result showing that most of the public is encouraging the High Court to uphold the Movement for Quality Government's petition to keep these presumed-innocent mayors out of office. At least until the dark cloud hanging over their actions dissipates.