Lesser-evil voting
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title:
Lesser-evil voting
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Lesser-evil voting (LEV) refers to a kind of strategic voting where a voter supports a less-preferred candidate in an election rather than their actual favorite candidate, when this candidate is unlikely to win. Electoral systems where lesser-evil voting is forced, i.e. where it is not possible for a voter to support both their favorite candidate and a lesser-evil without causing the "greater evil" to win, necessarily fail the sincere favorite criterion. If the incentive is sufficiently severe,
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Politics and government
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser-evil_voting
date created:
2024-08-14T02:23:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T18:33:42Z
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