symbol symÂ·bol (sÄ­m'bÉl) n. Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible. A printed or written sign used to represent an operation, an element, a quantity, or a relation, as in mathematics or chemistry.
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The literature suggests two key. reasons: strategic voting and a contagion effect. A strategic (or sophisticated or tactical) vote is a vote cast for a. party that is not the preferred one, motivated by the intention to affect the. outcome of the election (Blais and Nadeau 1996; Cox 1997; Blais et al., 2001).