From strategic voters to strategic options: Recasting strategic voting for multiparty simple plurality elections

Edward Fieldhouse, Justin Fisher, Department of Politics, School of Social Science, University of Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Department of Social , Political Sciences, Brunel University of London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Party Politics: The International Journal for the Study of Political Parties and Political Organizations

Published online on April 16, 2026

Abstract

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Research on strategic voting in simple plurality systems has focussed largely on voters faced with three options. This is problematic, first because strategically minded voters may prefer candidates outside of the three leading contenders; second, they ...