How to make your vote count: is Tactical Voting a necessary evil? With Femi Oluwole
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Debate on First Past the Post system and tactical voting in UK elections
The chapter explores the effectiveness of the First Past the Post electoral system in the UK and debates its impact on democracy. It discusses the implications of tactical voting, potential losses for high-profile MPs like Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak, and the use of methods like multilevel regression with post-stratification in predicting election outcomes. The conversation also delves into historical examples, specific constituencies like the ones held by Jacob Rees-Mogg and Rishi Sunak, and the potential for tactical voting to influence election results.
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