| 单词 | tactical voter |
| 释义 | > as lemmastactical voter d. tactical voting Politics, the practice of transferring electoral allegiance for tactical purposes, esp. in the hope of denying victory to a third party; also tactical vote, tactical voter. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > registering or casting votes > types of voting faggot voting1835 faggotry1841 repeating1888 protest voting1935 ticket-splitting1957 tactical voting1974 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > registering or casting votes > types of voting > one who plumper1761 faggot voter1818 repeater1862 vest-pocket voter1888 swing vote1966 ticket-splitter1972 tactical voter1974 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > registering or casting votes > types of voting > types of vote plumper1761 faggot1775 out-vote1790 faggot vote1803 floating vote1847 protest vote1912 tactical vote1974 1974 M. Steed in D. Butler & D. Kavanagh Brit. Gen. Election Feb. 1974 317 Some people who would have voted Labour, had they lived in an average constituency with a full choice of parties, voted Liberal or SNP where a Labour candidate had little or no chance of winning. Thus the theory is one of tactical voting. 1975 Economist 15 Feb. 18/2 In February, the picture was confused, particularly by Labour tactical voters who switched to Liberal. 1981 Guardian Weekly 26 July 5/3 The slashing of the Conservative vote..must have reflected a large measure of tactical voting as Warrington Tories..came to see that they had a chance at last of turning out Labour. 1983 N.Y. Times 31 May i. 3/1 [David Owen] launched into a plea for what the British call a ‘tactical vote’... ‘I'm the one who can keep Labor out.’ 1987 Oxf. Times 27 Feb. 14/3 The Liberals..will encourage tactical voting against a Socialist in one constituency and a Tory in another. 1989 Daily Tel. 25 Nov. 15/5 To some extent these tactical voters will be kicking at an open door: from 1995 the [Swiss] army will, by reducing the age limit for military service, shed 100,000 men. < as lemmas |
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