tactical voting
Strategic election choice
Tactical voting is casting a ballot not for your preferred candidate but for one more likely to defeat a candidate you oppose.
Common in systems where votes for minor parties may be "wasted": I don't love Labour, but I'm voting tactically to keep the Tories out.
Also called strategic voting.
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