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| − | The spoiler effect is | + | 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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Revision as of 22:38, April 7, 2011
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[1].
References
- ↑ THE 1992 ELECTIONS: DISAPPOINTMENT -- NEWS ANALYSIS New York Times, November 5, 1992