Crossover voting

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In multiple-party democratic primary elections, crossover voting refers to a technique used by voters, in which ballots are cast for the party a voter is opposed to in order to elect a candidate which can be more easily beaten by the candidate the voter actually supports. Some consider crossover voting to be a form of electoral fraud. Also, conservative American radio host Rush Limbaugh, popularized crossover voting in the country when he suggested that Republicans vote as Democrats in the 2008 United States presidential election, in order to cause polemic inasmuch as Barack Obama was the likely Democratic opposition to John McCain in the general election.[1]

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