Why Do People Vote Strategically, and for Whom? (IMAGE)

University of Montreal

Why Do People Vote Strategically, and for Whom?

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"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.

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