abstract:Vote trading is the practice of voting for or against another person's bill, position on a more general issue, or favored candidate in exchange for the other person's vote for or against a position, proposal, or candidate that one supports.
The Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard just managed to squeak out a two-vote parliamentary majority in lower-house elections, and only then by horse trading with a few independents.
With more than 2, 600 ballots cast, Wall Street pulled in a stunning 35% of the readers' vote, more than triple the number of votes for the second-best film, 1983's Trading Places.