And yet, when I talk to people about why they vote the way they do, or when I listen to campaign advertisements, I get the sense that actually the majority of v

And yet, when I talk to people about why they vote the way they do, or when I listen to campaign advertisements, I get the sense that actually the majority of votes cast are "protest votes" whereby one is voting for candidate X because they wish to express their hatred/disapproval/disdain of candidate Y.