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strategic voting: a standalone construct

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Political science

voting for a less preferred party or candidate with a better chance of winning to avoid wasting one's vote.

In political science, strategic voting refers to voting for a less preferred party or candidate with a better chance of winning to avoid wasting one's vote. This meaning comes from Blais (2001) in Electoral Studies.[1]

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References

Blais, A., Nadeau, R., Gidengil, E., & Nevitte, N. (2001). Measuring strategic voting in multiparty plurality elections. Electoral Studies, 20(3), 343-352. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0261-3794(00)00017-2

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