Parsing Polling: Can voters look to polls and polling aggregators for guidance in strategic voting? - Gabriola Sounder

Parsing Polling: Can voters look to polls and polling aggregators for guidance in strategic voting? - Gabriola Sounder

Dr. Stewart Prest Lecturer, UBC Political Science Department It’s a real challenge deciding whether to vote strategically, but a lot of it comes down to two things: the existence of one candidate that you really don’t like with a good chance to win, the presence of a tolerable alternative candidate you’re confident has the best chance to hold them off.  For voters paying attention it’s straightforward enough to figure out whether there’s a candi…