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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
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wasted vote

Summary

wasted vote ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (67 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • wasted vote's subclass of is recorded as vote count[2].
  • wasted vote's part of is recorded as first-past-the-post voting[3].
  • wasted vote's has part is recorded as vote count[4].
  • wasted vote's has part is recorded as vote count[5].
  • wasted vote's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/062m4p[6].
  • wasted vote's contributing factor of is recorded as efficiency gap[7].
  • wasted vote's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777018176[8].
  • wasted vote's does not have effect is recorded as victory[9].

Why It Matters

wasted vote ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (67 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). wasted vote. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wasted-vote
MLA “wasted vote.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/wasted-vote.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wasted-vote_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{wasted vote}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wasted-vote}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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