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Due to the especially deep impact of tactical voting in [[first past the post]] electoral systems, some argue that systems with three or more strong or persistent parties become in effect forms of [[disapproval voting]], where the expression of disapproval, to keep an opponent out of office overwhelms the expression of approval, to approve a desirable candidate. [[Ralph Nader]] refers to this as the "least worst" choice, and argues that the similarity of parties and the candidates grows stronger due to the need to avoid this disapproval. |
Due to the especially deep impact of tactical voting in [[first past the post]] electoral systems, some argue that systems with three or more strong or persistent parties become in effect forms of [[disapproval voting]], where the expression of disapproval, to keep an opponent out of office overwhelms the expression of approval, to approve a desirable candidate. [[Ralph Nader]] refers to this as the "least worst" choice, and argues that the similarity of parties and the candidates grows stronger due to the need to avoid this disapproval. |
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* Frontrunner/viable candidate: A candidate expected to have a significant chance of winning. |
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There are arguments about the best voting strategy to take in different systems, but the general consensus is: |
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[[Approval voting]] and [[Score voting]]: Give the highest score to your favorite frontrunner and all candidates you prefer equally or more than that frontrunner, and the lowest score to all other candidates (known as the threshold strategy or min-max-ing i.e. giving some candidates the '''min'''imum score and others the '''max'''imum score). |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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