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preferential

[pref-uh-ren-shuhl] / ˌprɛf əˈrɛn ʃəl /
ADJECTIVE
favored
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Preferential voting, in which voters rank their choices, means that voters can say more about how they think than a single marking next to one candidate or party can convey.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2022

Preferential voting systems seek to solve the Nader problem by allowing voters to provide a ranked list of their preferences.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2016

Preferential tax rates and the ability to time transactions mitigate this second layer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2016

Preferential treatment makes for bad feelings in any line of work.

From Golf Digest • May 10, 2016

We will go further and say that the Block Vote is by far the best method for such purposes, and is superior even to Preferential Voting.

From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)




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