Sentences with phrase «of tactical voting»

Since 1992 about 8 % of voters have been doing this kind of tactical voting.

But just having multiple winners per district reduces the impact of tactical voting.

He says he is rejecting all talk of tactical voting and is instead «going for broke» to maximise his party's share of the vote.

It's a paradox for the committed supporters of electoral reform, who are also often the strongest advocates of tactical voting.

There will be plenty of tactical voting for the SNP.

Today the Telegraph comes out in support of tactical voting in Scotland, arguing: «To avert a crisis that will once again threaten the Union, a new and bold approach is needed to stop Mr Salmond in his tracks.»

He saw his vote drop by 18 % as the Conservative chris Davies took the seat, with Labour also well up as the tradition of tactical voting in Brecon and Radnorshire broke down.

In 2010, patterns of tactical voting which had built up over twenty years helped both parties retain enough marginals to deny David Cameron a majority.

And he saw increased evidence of tactical voting which meant «you are forced to vote for a candidate you do not much like in order to get rid of a candidate you really can not stand».

I would argue that votes are fairer under AV, as fewer are discarded and thus fewer are left without a voice, and also that the sort of tactical voting popular under FPTP (voting for Labour / the Tories in order to keep the Tories / Labour out, when really you would much rather vote for a minor party) will be vastly diminished upon the adoption of AV.

There was evidence of tactical voting in some seats - Labour held threatened London seats Islington South and Westminster North by increasing its share of the vote at the expense of the Liberal Democrats.

Scholarly research conclude that IRV is one of the less - manipulable voting methods, with theorist Nicolaus Tideman noting that, «alternative vote is quite resistant to strategy» [45] and Australian political analyst Antony Green dismissing suggestions of tactical voting.

Because of the advantages of tactical voting, most people concentrate on a popular candidate who is good enough.

Faced with a surge of SNP support that threatens to have a decisive impact on the makeup of the next government, Scotland - always a part of the UK ripe for this sort of thing - has seen an outbreak of tactical voting in recent weeks.

Looking at the numbers, reinforced by today's Survation poll, her optimism about the powers of tactical voting don't look very realistic.

Fringe parties like Sheridan's Solidarity outfit aside, the bulk of tactical voting is against the SNP.

Also, uncertainty over local candidate order dampens the overall level of tactical voting.

Its difficulty probably shows the continued prevalence of tactical voting than the failure of Miliband's «one nation» agenda.

This is not possible in IRV, as participants vote only once, and this prohibits certain forms of tactical voting that can be prevalent in «standard» runoff voting.

Cable did not say whether he would push for a progressive alliance at the next general election, but as a former Labour councillor many expect he would be keen on the idea of tactical voting to help Lib Dem, Labour and Green candidates to oust Tory MPs.

Neal also cites the 2016 Richmond Park by - election as an example of Progressive voters supporting the concepts of tactical voting and smart campaigning.

In turn, these swing seats see a huge amount of tactical voting based on who might beat the «greater of two evils».

In summary, Brake retained quite a lot of tactical votes from naturally Labour areas, and many of those he didn't retain went over to UKIP, with UKIP also sapping some Tory votes from the leafier areas.

It is purely the hard work of the Lib Dems locally which enables this degree of tactical voting to persist at the present time.

No chance of tactical voting having much effect.

I might suggest, as the Green Party have been imploring, a bit of tactical voting.

And in Scotland, which has a greater tradition of tactical voting, the likelihood is that proportion will be much higher — especially if groups like Scotland's Big Voice have an impact.

We could get a different kind of tactical voting, where people try to send messages through the voting system by voting for single - issue candidates first, then the candidate they want second, on the assumption that the single - issue candidate will be knocked out before the candidate they want.

«It's hugely high risk if people vote for the Greens as some sort of tactical vote,» Labour candidate Nancy Platts told Channel 4 News.

[10] However, this suggestion of tactical voting was opposed by Bow Group patrons including Lords Heseltine, Howard and Lamont, in a joint statement.