(politics) The practice of voting for only one candidate, despite being entitled to vote for more than one.

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

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.

present participle of vote with one's feet

present participle of vote with one's wallet

(sometimes attributive) A system for conducting elections in which voters receive and return ballots via the mail

An often informal vote to thank some chairman or other officer of an organization for the work he has done on the organization's behalf, and sometimes ending with the presentation of a gift.

(transitive, idiomatic) To defeat (some measure or candidate) by a majority vote.

A motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly to give members the chance to express their confidence in a government; sometimes proposed by a government to counter a vote of no confidence proposed by the opposition; defeat would lead to the resignation of the government.

A voting system in which each voter lists the candidates in order of preference. At each stage the candidate with the fewest votes is excluded and their votes transferred according to the voters' preferences.