Editing Strategic voting (section)

==== Single transferable vote ====
{{See also|Single transferable vote#Tactics}}
The [[single transferable vote]] may incentivize free-riding: if a voter expects their favorite candidate will almost-certainly be elected, insincerely ranking the second candidate first does not hurt the favored candidate.<ref>{{cite web |last=Schulze |first=Markus |title=Free Riding and Vote Management under Proportional Representation by the Single Transferable Vote |url=http://m-schulze.9mail.de/schulze2.pdf |access-date=2016-03-14}}</ref>

Some forms of STV allow strategic voters to gain an advantage by listing a candidate who is very likely to lose in first place.<ref>{{cite web |last=Woodall |first=Douglas R. |date=March 1994 |title=Computer counting in STV elections |url=http://www.votingmatters.org.uk/ISSUE1/P3.HTM |access-date=6 March 2011 |publisher=McDougall Trust}}</ref> This strategy, called ''Woodall free riding'', is essentially eliminated by [[Counting single transferable votes#Meek|Meek's method]]; however, Meek's method is rarely used because of its substantial complexity, having been adopted only for some local elections in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Markus Schulze |date=June 2004 |title=Free Riding |url=http://www.votingmatters.org.uk/ISSUE18/I18P2.PDF |journal=Voting Matters |issue=18 |pages=2–8}}</ref>

In Malta's STV, the two-party system can cause strategic voting away from third parties.{{Cn|date=May 2024}}