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HASSET Thesaurus

Concept information

POLITICS > POLITICAL PARTICIPATION > VOTING > VOTING BEHAVIOUR > TACTICAL VOTING

Preferred term

TACTICAL VOTING  

Definition

  • VOTING FOR A CANDIDATE OR POLITICAL PARTY THAT IS NOT THE VOTER'S FIRST PREFERENCE, TO DECREASE THE CHANCES OF THE MOST UNWANTED CANDIDATE OR PARTY WINNING.

Broader concept

History note

  • TERM CREATED OCTOBER 2000. PREVIOUSLY THE TERM 'VOTING BEHAVIOUR' WOULD HAVE BEEN USED.

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Definition source

  • ELSST

URI

https://hasset.ukdataservice.ac.uk/7ebcd71d-cf90-421d-9d06-0705247d05b3

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