strategic voting considered undesirable?

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Oct 30, 2021 at 18:56	history	edited	Rick Smith		edited tags
Oct 30, 2021 at 18:32	answer	added	Jontia		timeline score: 1
Oct 29, 2021 at 20:47	history	edited	Rick Smith		edited tags
Dec 12, 2017 at 3:16	answer	added	B T		timeline score: 2
Aug 10, 2013 at 11:40	comment	added	Publius		The most desired goal, for me at least, consists of elections that represent the will of the people. The problem here is that the most desired legal, political, and social outcome will vary from person to person, so the question can't be answered constructively.
Aug 10, 2013 at 11:36	comment	added	user4012		While this is a good clarification, on a meta level, you have not proven your case. "candidate they most want to win" isn't really a goal of voting (OK, it is in out effed-up celebrity culture where people would make Bieber president faster than you can say "policy"), the goal is to get the most desired legal/political/social outcome. You are making an assumption that "voting for the candidate they most want to win" is the best proxy for that goal, when you state that tactical voting is bad, without proof that it is indeed the best proxy.
Aug 10, 2013 at 11:30	comment	added	Publius		Let me clarify then: it isn't people voting for the candidate they most want to win. And, for the record, I wouldn't want myself to hold many elected offices.
Aug 10, 2013 at 11:16	comment	added	user4012		@Avi - tactical voting is not some law that everyone has to obey. If you want to vote exactly how you want, you do it. Leaving aside that ANY vote for anyone except yourself is NOT a vote for "exactly what you want" - and thus a tactical vote - tactical voting can not be bad because it's a choice, it does NOT detract from one's ability to vote how they want.
Aug 10, 2013 at 2:34	comment	added	Publius		I don't see how this can be constructively answered. Unless somebody has poll data, each person who could answer this question has his own reason why he might not like strategic voting. for me it's just because I want the government to represent the will of the people, and tactical voting is people not voting exactly for what they want.
Aug 9, 2013 at 17:31	answer	added	user1530		timeline score: 0
Aug 9, 2013 at 13:33	answer	added	Matthew Brown aka Lord Matt		timeline score: 0
Jan 7, 2013 at 14:03	answer	added	Viliam Búr		timeline score: 13
Jan 5, 2013 at 13:36	answer	added	Fela		timeline score: 7
Jan 2, 2013 at 9:34	history	tweeted			twitter.com/#!/StackPolitics/status/286405164083060736
Jan 1, 2013 at 11:28	history	asked	user4012	CC BY-SA 3.0