In recent election in my country, there was a political coalition that was new and quite popular in my bubble. According to the law, they needed 7% of votes to get into the parliament. And many people I know were like “they are safely above the limit, so although I prefer them, I will strategically vote for one of the less popular but still okay parties instead, to help them also pass the limit”. Then all the votes were counted and the coalition received 6.96%. I personally know at least three people who then regretted their vote.
So I may be a bit more sensitive about this topic than usual. But this “voting to balance other votes” is not a new idea, and I already opposed it before.
Thanks for being unfiltered here; I definitely want to know if others think this is a bad thing to do. I share the intuition (at least somewhat).
In recent election in my country, there was a political coalition that was new and quite popular in my bubble. According to the law, they needed 7% of votes to get into the parliament. And many people I know were like “they are safely above the limit, so although I prefer them, I will strategically vote for one of the less popular but still okay parties instead, to help them also pass the limit”. Then all the votes were counted and the coalition received 6.96%. I personally know at least three people who then regretted their vote.
So I may be a bit more sensitive about this topic than usual. But this “voting to balance other votes” is not a new idea, and I already opposed it before.