"Buchanan had to get well into the 30's in order to maintain that the protest vote was still there."

That total stands to be affected by the size of the protest vote for Rose.

This rise in far right support is a simply a protest vote.

Significant popular support for a person who had never previously been involved in politics may be seen as a form of "protest vote".

"I'm making a protest vote, pure and simple, because none of the parties are doing what needs to be done."

He was a place for people to cast a protest vote.

That shows his was a real protest vote, not a choice of new direction.

The protest vote was there, all right, but it didn't make the difference.

In England there is no protest vote possible for most.

In place since the early 1990's, the "against all" option has served as a sort of protest vote.