Voting against ones preferences in the initial round of a runoff election in order to prevent the selection of an undesirable alternative in the final round is called
A) ballot manipulation.
B) strategic voting.
C) naive voting.
D) the voting paradox.

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Strategic voting occurs when a voter chooses not to vote for their first preference to avoid an undesirable outcome, such as preventing a less preferred candidate from winning in a runoff election.

Voting Against Ones Preferences in the Initial Round of a Runoff