Imagine That You Lived in the Constituency of St -If You Were to Vote Strategically, Which Party's Candidate Would

question 9

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you lived in the constituency of St. Ives in the United Kingdom and that your preference ordering among the political parties was Labour > Liberal > Liberal Democrat > Conservative. The electoral system is a single-member district plurality system. Look at Table 1 and answer the following questions.
$$\begin{array}{l}\text { Table 1: UK Legislative Elections Results, St. Ives Constituency }\\\\\begin{array} { l | l l } \hline & \text { Votes } & \text { Vote (\%) } \\\hline \text { David Harris (Conservative) } & 24,528 & 42.9 \\\text { Andrew George (Liberal Democrat) } & 22,883 & 40.1 \\\text { Stephen Warr (Labour) } & 9,144 & 16 \\\text { Graham Stevens (Liberal) } & 577 & 1 \\\text { Harris is elected } & & \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
-If you were to vote strategically, which party's candidate would you vote for?

• A) Conservative
• B) Liberal Democrat
• C) Labour
• D) Liberal

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