"protest vote" meaning in English

See protest vote in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: protest votes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} protest vote (plural protest votes)
  1. A vote cast in an election to demonstrate the voter's dissatisfaction with the choice of candidates or refusal of the current political system. Wikipedia link: protest vote Categories (topical): Democracy Translations (vote cast as a protest): proteststem [feminine] (Dutch), foertstem [feminine] (Dutch), protestiääni (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-protest_vote-en-noun--xpgIf~e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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