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swing state
U.S. state where neither major party or candidate has overwhelming support, making it key to control of the Presidency or Senate
ranked voting
voting systems that use ranked ballots
tactical voting
strategically voting for other than one's true preference, based on knowledge of the voting system
psephology
Psephology (; from Greek ) is the study of elections and voting. Psephology attempts to both forecast and explain election results.
The term is more common in Britain and in those English-speaking communities that rely heavily on the British standard of the language.
Bradley effect
theory about discrepancies between opinion polls and election results in the United States
cleavage
sociological concept
Foot voting
expressing preferences through actions
Cook Partisan Voting Index
political statistical index
wasted vote
set of ballots that do not help elect a candidate, including those cast for a losing candidate, and those cast for a winning candidate in excess of that needed to win
Blue wall
American political term for states which consistently vote Democrat
swing
statistic used in the analysis of elections
V-Dem Democracy indices
Wikimedia list article
Shy Tory Factor
phenomenon observed in opinion polling

cardinal voting system
electoral system which allows the voter to give each candidate an independent rating or grade
Polity data series
data series in political science research
blue shift
observed phenomenon in US politics