(IMAGE) University of Montreal Caption "People vote strategically when they think neither their first nor their second choice has any chance of winning in their electorate. They vote for their third choice party in the hopes of blocking an outcome that would be even worse," said Jean-François Daoust, a researcher at the University of Montreal's Department of Political Science. Credit Just Grimes, <a target="_blank"href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC BY SA 2.0</a>, <a href="">https://flic.kr/p/8Q9NPn</a> Usage Restrictions Respect terms of CC license: <a target="_blank"href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC BY SA 2.0</a> License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.