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== Tactical voting ==
Voters in a cumulative election can employ different strategies for allocating their vote.

===Plumping===
[[Plump voting]] occurs when a voter assigns all their points to the same candidate.<ref>Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989 (20 vols.) vol.XI, p.1083</ref> The issue of "Plumper Votes" was heavily discussed in the early 18th century, when [[Richard Child, 1st Earl Tylney|Sir Richard Child]] was returned for [[Essex (UK Parliament constituency)|Essex]] in 1710 with 90% of his votes having been "Plumpers".<ref>Hayton, David (ed.), The House of Commons 1690-1715, vol.2, p.526. Biography of Richard Child.
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=== Quota ===
The formula to determine the number of votes needed to elect one seat is called the [[Droop quota]] and has value:
:<math>\text{votes} \over {\text{seats} + 1}</math>