The impact of consumer choice on producers' decisions, based on which goods and services sell in sufficient quantities and which do not.

simple past tense and past participle of vote down

A voting system where each voter lists the candidates in order of preference and there is provision to transfer the votes of the less popular candidates and a proportion of the votes of candidates who are elected with more than a certain quota.

(idiomatic) To express one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, by physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial.

(idiomatic, intransitive) To vote for something.

(Australia) An informational card or leaflet published by a political party and distributed to the general public, usually near voting booths during election time, to indicate how to vote for a particular party.

plural of how-to-vote card

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, enough, vote. / (idiomatic, humorous, informal) old; decrepit.

A form of alternative or preferential voting system in which voters rank candidates, and votes for the worst performing candidate are re-allocated to the voters' next-highest choices until one candidate has reached the threshold for election.

(chiefly US politics, idiomatic) To increase voter turnout, typically in a highly partisan way.