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The spoiler effect is where two similar candidates run for an elected position and they steal votes from each other. This effect allows a less popular candidate to win, who would have been defeated if the second candidate of the same view had not entered the race.

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-The '''spoiler effect''' is a term describing the effect that a third party candidate can have on an election.  According to economic [[game theory]], a spoiler is usually a third party politician who enters an election race and draws away votes from one of the two original players, and in most cases, does not have a chance of winning an election.  An example of a spoiler would be [[Ross Perot]], who in 1992, drew away 38% of voters from [[George H.W. Bush]] and 38% of voters from [[Bill Clinton]]<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE0DB1F3FF936A35752C1A964958260 THE 1992 ELECTIONS: DISAPPOINTMENT -- NEWS ANALYSIS] New York Times, November 5, 1992</ref>.
+The '''spoiler effect''' is a term describing the effect that a third party candidate can have on an election.  According to economic [[game theory]], a spoiler is usually a third party politician who enters an election race and draws away votes from one of the two original players, and in most cases, does not have a chance of winning an election.  An example of a spoiler would be [[Ross Perot]], who in 1992, drew away 38% of voters from [[George H.W. Bush]] and 38% of voters from [[Bill Clinton]].<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE0DB1F3FF936A35752C1A964958260 THE 1992 ELECTIONS: DISAPPOINTMENT -- NEWS ANALYSIS] New York Times, November 5, 1992</ref>
 ==References==
 {{reflist|1}}
 [[Category:Political Theory]][[Category:Economics terms]]

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−	The spoiler effect is ~~where two similar candidates run for~~ an ~~elected position~~ and ~~they steal~~ votes from ~~each other~~. ~~This effect allows~~ a ~~less popular candidate to win~~, who ~~would have been defeated if the second candidate~~ of ~~the same view had not entered the race~~.	+	The '''spoiler effect''' is a term describing the effect that a third party candidate can have on an election. According to economic [[game theory]], a spoiler is usually a third party politician who enters an election race and draws away votes from one of the two original players, and in most cases, does not have a chance of winning an election. An example of a spoiler would be [[Ross Perot]], who in 1992, drew away 38% of voters from [[George H.W. Bush]] and 38% of voters from [[Bill Clinton]]<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE0DB1F3FF936A35752C1A964958260 THE 1992 ELECTIONS: DISAPPOINTMENT -- NEWS ANALYSIS] New York Times, November 5, 1992</ref>.
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		+	==References==
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		+	[[Category:Political Theory]][[Category:Economics terms]]