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Brexit, data science and the 2019 European Parliamentary elections

Tactical voting is not new — not in the UK, and not elsewhere. In UK parliamentary elections, voters are generally aware of which candidate in their constituency has the best chance of beating the government candidate. They are often prepared to ‘hold their noses’ and vote for a party that is not their first choice, for the sake of beating a party that they really do not want…