&quot;you end up in a situation where there&#x27;s little point voting the way you want, because it won&#x27;t be effective.&quot;<p>How much of that situation is due precisely to that mindset?<p>It seems like circular logic to me.<p><pre><code>    10 Why not vote for the guy you want to win?
    20 Because he won&#x27;t get enough votes
    30 Why won&#x27;t he get enough votes?
    40 Because not enough people will vote for him.
    50 So why don&#x27;t more people vote for him?
    60 goto 20
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FPTP is arguably broken, but people engaging in &quot;tactical voting&quot; isn&#x27;t helping matters. You&#x27;re supposed to vote for who you want to win, period.