protest vote

collocation in English

meaningsofprotestandvote

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protest
noun
uk
/ˈprəʊ.test/us
/ˈproʊ.test/
a strong complaint expressing disagreement, disapproval, ...
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vote
noun
uk
/vəʊt/us
/voʊt/
the act of showing your choice or opinion in an election or meeting by writing an X on an official piece of paper or putting your ...
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(Definition ofprotestandvotefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprotest vote

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This confirms that at this early stage, they and others could not envisage that aprotestvotewas conceivable or possible.
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Thus, high levels of unemployment may lead to aprotestvoteat the polling booth.
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It should he read as aprotestvoteand, as such, is nothing new.
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One recognises the vital importance of allowing the eccentric candidate and theprotestvotecandidate to stand.
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I do not want that, hence myprotestvote.
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Secondly, we could have theprotestvote, which has been experienced over and over again in local government.
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I think that this minority feeling is the development only of aprotestvoteagainst the two major parties.
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There may have been aprotestvote.
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He also caused a stir when on television he urged voters to issue aprotestvoteby leaving the ballot paper blank on election day.
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Both forms (abstention and blank vote) may or may not, depending on the circumstances, be considered to beprotestvote.
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It was founded primarily in opposition to the fishing quota, and became aprotestvote.
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Also, a third party may be used by the voter to cast aprotestvoteas a form of referendum on an important issue.
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Often, the candidacies are a means of casting aprotestvoteor satirizing the political system.
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Ifprotestvotetakes the form of a blank vote, it may or may not be tallied into final results depending on the rules.
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He described his second loss in 1991 as disappointing, adding that theprotestvotedid not break as he expected.
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Sometimes, a person may use even more uncommon, often illegal, methods toprotestvote.
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But it is still remarkable that in the 1920s, and even in 1930-2, virtually no protest votes against large-scale distribution are to be found.
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Widespread outrage expanded the parties' support beyond their base to include protest votes from middle class and even wealthy elites offended by the ambassador's audacious statements.
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Labour is about taking issues seriously and delivering services—it is not about protest votes, wishful thinking or whingeing from the sidelines.
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I am not particularly interested in protest votes.
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