Sentences with phrase «other tactical votes»
It's possible that No votes will rally behind her to some extent but she will lose other tactical votes that she got from the SNP to keep the other two Parties out.
http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/ Not exact matches
Even so, some systems (such as winner - take - all) are more heavily impacted by tactical voting than others (such as instant - runoff).
More broadly, it means the possibility always exists that it's in a voter's interest to vote in a way that doesn't reflect their true preferences; in other words, tactical voting is always a factor in elections.
But others may be voting eg for a LibDem in SW London or northern cities without thinking of it as a tactical vote, and may rethink their options.
I've seen in various places that the Gibbard — Satterthwaite theorem still applies to these other systems, and therefore they are also inescapably subject to tactical voting, but I've also seen advocates say that G — S theorem likewise only applies to ranked systems, and that score voting meets all the criteria when there are ≤ 3 candidates.
Four new factors may make tactical voting less likely among some particular groups of voters, and its results more unpredictable among others, this time.
The other standard trackers all paint an equally bleak picture for the government, on the forced choice question (which I always tend to think of our best indicator of which way tactical voting is likely to go next time round, given that there are no regular tracker questions that ask directly about it) the Conservatives now enjoy a 12 point lead over Labour, they have an 8 point lead as the party most likely to run the economy well, David Cameron has an 8 point lead as Best Prime Minister.
Proponents of other voting methods in single - member districts argue that these would reduce the need for tactical voting and reduce the spoiler effect.
Today the cabinet appeared to be divided over tactical voting, with Ed Balls and Peter Hain openly advocating it, but other senior ministers such as Alistair Darling and Lord Mandelson much cooler.
Others are the complete nonsense that AV somehow makes every vote count or ends «tactical voting».
Both campaigns furthermore expended an awful amount of tactical effort chasgin the second preferences of other candidates; indeed, the media speculation which way these votes would go was endless.
This is a somewhat artifical question of course, in real life people can and do vote for parties other than the main two, but provides a useful pointer as to which direction tactical voting might work in come the next general election.