#WastedVotes
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #WastedVotes from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-07-27 13:49 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
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Live pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-07-27 13:49 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 4 public posts (spanning ~12346 hours).
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Languages: English (4)
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When they're on the outside trying to get into Parliament, political parties are all about voting on policy not strategy, and supporting the underdog. Once they're in, the the "wasted vote" is the standard argument against voting for a part
@NicelyManifest I am annoyed with the voting system. D'Hondt is better in many ways than #FPTP, but it gives far too much power to parties and it creates #WastedVotes. This year, the wasted votes have been for Labour and the Greens, handing
@petealexharris AMS with d'Hondt is far from okay. AMS 1/ is gameable, as Alba tried to hack it 2/ punishes independents 3/ creates members with unequal status 4/ invites tactical voting based on multi-layered guesses about the behaviour of
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