What is Strategic Voting?
For most voting methods there is a generally assumed sincere way of voting. For example, in a ranked method, it is assumed that the sincere vote is to list the candidates in order of preference. A strategic vote is one where the voter casts other than a sincere vote in the hopes of getting a more favourable outcome. For example, in a plurality election the outcome might be A 42 B 40 C 10 In this example, A wins. C voters who prefer B to A might have got a better result from their point of view by voting for B instead. This would be strategic voting.
