In electoral systems, a wasted vote is any vote cast that is not "used" to elect a winner, and so is not represented in the outcome. However, the term...

Compared to a plurality voting system that rewards only the top vote-getter, instant-runoff voting mitigates the problem of wasted votes. However, it does not...

ones that are elected. Wasted votes are those cast for candidates or parties who did not get elected. Some number of wasted votes by this definition is...

House of Representatives of the Netherlands despite valid vote, is increasing. The wasted vote fraction is shown below:[failed verification]   GL (13)  ...

most votes count, there are fewer "wasted votes", so voters, aware that their vote can make a difference, are more likely to make the effort to vote, and...

coalition-building. The number of wasted votes changes from one election to another, here shown for New Zealand. The wasted vote changes depending on voter behavior...

voting for it based on the physical boundary is gerrymandering. Gerrymandering is effective because of the wasted vote effect. Wasted votes are votes...

transferred across multiple tiers of an electoral system, in order to avoid wasted votes - in contrast to the more common seat linkage compensatory system (commonly...

Gerrymandering relies on the wasted-vote effect, effectively concentrating wasted votes among opponents while minimizing wasted votes among supporters. Consequently...

elected under SNTV. But not having transfers, SNTV sees more votes wasted than under STV due to votes being placed on un-electable candidate or due to surpluses...

win and for whom a vote could be considered as wasted. FPP wastes fewer votes when it is used in two-party contests. But waste of votes and minority governments...

candidate Jennifer Gonzalez Colon called a blank vote a "wasted vote" emphasizing the importance of the vote. The pro-statehood Republican Party of Puerto...

districts for first-past-the-post voting with a two-party system. It measures which political party had the most wasted votes (and by how much). It has notably...

is a response to the winner-take-all electoral system. It solves the “wasted vote” or 'spoiler' dilemmas that otherwise plague third parties, and allows...

in two-party systems wasted votes, where a voter does not receive representation in the final election outcome. strategic voting, where the electoral...

individuals turned to transferable votes (facilitated by ranked ballots) to reduce the incidence of wasted votes and unrepresentative election results...

Bush said: "... nobody knows about them, people think it is sort of a wasted vote—but, both Gary Johnson and Bill Weld were each successful two-term governors...

parliamentary system typically significantly reduces wasted (suppressed) votes, helping to ensure more vote equality and encouraging greater overall participation...

the vote, which is therefore declared "wasted" or "exhausted". In Sri Lanka, since the 1982 presidential election, a variant of the contingent vote electoral...

other psychological factors. Voting advice applications and avoidance of wasted votes through strategic voting can impact voting behavior. Citizens are not...

which Lúgaro rejected the idea of a "wasted vote," with Rivera Lassen stating that "[a] vote for [MVC] is a vote for the future of Puerto Rico" and Natal...

specific regions, potentially lessening the psychological fear of a wasted vote by voting for a minor party for a legislative seat. Riker credits Canada's...

practical criteria include political fragmentation, voter turnout, wasted votes, complexity of vote counting, and barriers to entry for new political movements...

extremely high share of votes obtained by the two major parties—more than 97%, likely in part caused by fears of wasted votes and vote splitting. The Gallagher...

measured aspects of democracy include voter turnout, efficiency gap, wasted vote, and political efficacy. Democracy-Dictatorship Index is a binary measure...

elected as well. Side effects of First-past-the-post voting include a waste of votes due to vote splitting, a two-party system and political polarization...

Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an agreement among a group of U.S. states and the District of Columbia to award all their electoral votes to whichever...

incentive to avoid wasted votes by casting all of their votes for a slate of candidates from a major party. Parties in block voting systems can also benefit...

single vote. With MSV, usually cast their single vote for a local candidate in a single-member district (SMD) and then all (or just the wasted votes, depending...

Officially Unveils--Ex-MK Ben-Ari's Party Backs One-State, Calls to Save 'Wasted' Votes of Right Abstaining after Being Disenfranchised by Bennett". Israel...