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Margins can refer to the measure of [[defeat strength]] for [[:Category:Pairwise counting-based voting methods|Category:Pairwise counting-based voting methods]], or more generally to the difference in amount of something (usually a vote total) between two things. For example, if candidate A has 30 votes and B has 29 votes, then A has a margin of 1 vote over B.
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In the [[Utility#Two-candidate case|two-candidate case]], both [[Score voting]] and [[FPTP]] (or voting methods equivalent to them in the two-candidate case) will yield the same margins when all voters are strategic.