Sentences with phrase «tactical voting takes»

A so you admit tactical voting takes place under AV then?

If anti-Conservative tactical voting takes place then this has the potential to reduce the Conservatives working majority to 73 seats which I am sure Theresa May would still be very happy with!

Not only did tactical voting take place during the Labour leadership election (held under AV) but it was actively encouraged by all campaigns I would presume.

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).

But this fails to take tactical voting into account.

They took a smaller share of the vote than at the previous election, but they managed to more than double their representation in parliament, [31] winning 46 seats, [28] through tactical voting and concentrating resources in winnable seats.

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.

We need to take the demand for reform onto the streets now there is widespread public sentiment for a fair system where people can vote honestly and have an influence, without all the dreadful calculations of tactical advantage that is, frankly, corrupting.

Yet it is worth remembering that tactical voting does not only take one form.

An alternative explanation is that Liberal Democrats intending to cast «tactical» votes for Labour in constituencies where their own party had no chance may have taken fright.

This tactical voting also took place in Lib / Con marginals which may have had the ironic effect of letting the Tories win.

I never said that tactical voting wouldn't take place, merely that it was pointless.

However a lot has been made of the fact that while both polls had an effort to take account of people's personal and tactical voting behaviour in their own constituency, they did so in different ways — Ashcroft asks a two stage question, asking people their national preference and then how they will vote thinking about the candidates and parties in their own constituency; ICM asked people the voting intention question including the names of the candidates standing in Sheffield Hallam.