Electorate Tactical Voting

I have already blogged my view on tactical voting around the party vote, and pointed out why no party can ever put out a message other than give your party vote to us.

Now in discussing electorate voting, I want to stress that this is not advice directed at any particular seat. In fact it is not advice at all, merely my views on what factors are important in making tactical decisions.

The electorate vote is somewhat different. It is certainly less important than the party vote. It is not unimportant, however, just less important. But certainly the party vote is king.

Given a choice between National winning Government and not winning a seat, I