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{{wikipedia|Vote splitting#Spoiler effect}}
The '''spoiler effect''' is the effect of vote splitting between candidates or ballot questions{{#tag:ref|Examples are the [[first past the post electoral system]] and in [[single transferable vote]] or similar systems with a first-preference votes [[winning percentage]].
The spoiler effect is a problem in [
The spoiler effect can broadly be thought of as a situation where, when a particular candidate or set of candidate(s) are running, some candidate not in the set (call him X) wins, but when that particular set of candidate(s) aren't running, some different candidate who's also not in the set wins (call him Y). The [[Independence of irrelevant alternatives]] article has more information on this broad interpretation of the spoiler effect.
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