The spare vote refers to a secondary party vote which comes into play in the event that the main party vote is ineffective because that main party vote is for a party that has failed to pass some kind of threshold. It may be simply understood by the phrase “If my first choice party fails to pass any threshold my vote goes instead to my spare vote, that is my second choice of party vote”.
The spare vote refers to a secondary party vote which comes into play in the event that the main party vote is ineffective because that main party vote is for a party that has failed to pass some kind of threshold. It may be simply understood by the phrase “If my first choice party fails to pass any threshold my vote goes instead to my spare vote, that is my second choice of party vote”.
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