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== Views on tactical voting ==

Some people view tactical voting as providing misleading information. In this view, a ballot paper is asking the question "which of these candidates is the best?". This means that if one votes for a candidate who one does not believe is the best, then one is lying. [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician [[Anne Begg]] considers tactical voting dangerous: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1091208.stm]

: "Tactical voting is fine in theory and as an intellectual discussion in the drawing room or living rooms around the country, but when you actually get to polling day and you have to vote against your principles, then it is much harder to do".