In voting systems, tactical voting (or strategic voting) occurs when a voter supports a candidate other than his or her sincere preference in order to prevent an undesirable outcome.

By 1 Svend Haugaard Sørensen on August 28, 2007

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4 fiXedd who agreed, says

I've done this.

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2 LGD who agreed, says

Seems a bit silly in a proportional representative system.

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2 Slartibartfast who hasn't voted, says

Is it generally considered a good thing to claim a definition?

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1 Svend Haugaard Sørensen who agreed, says

I made this claim, because the term
"tactical voting" were misused in the previous claim.

Some time when your misunderstand
each other, it is because your
don't agree on what terms means.

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