How they voted: 74 of Seculars voted for Kerry, accounting for 16 of his total vote, while 26 voted for Bush, making. A prime example of this is Poland's 2016 entry, which placed third in the grand final televote with 222 points despite being second-last with the jury with only 7 points. Political trend: A Democratic bloc that has been steadily growing in size.

We discover that evangelical Protestants. Block vote, exercised by Labour Partyaffiliated trade unions in the UK at party conferences until 1995. This chapter examines the political alignment and voting behavior of major American religious traditions in 1992. Voting bloc, group of voters who co-ordinate their voting behaviour. In the televoting era of the contest, people who live in a country outside their place of origin will often vote for the song of the country they originally came from (i.e.: Lithuanian people in the United Kingdom voting for the Lithuanian song, etc.). Party block voting (also known as the general ticket ), in an election where each voter may vote for a party and that party wins all seats. Ukraine is a former USSR country, and so will probably give Russia points, anyway. AAPIs comprise just over 4 of the nations registered voters but are among the fastest growing racial groups in America. However, Ukraine and Russia exchanged points, and both countries had a top 10 placing. Sometimes this is not the case, as the 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine by Russia made many think that Russia weren't going to receive as much points in the 2014 contest. Usually the countries in a bloc, such as the Balkans, the Nordics, the former Soviet Union and Former Yugoslavia, will vote for each other as they are neighbors and want to stay on good political terms with each other. Participating countries such as Morocco and Luxembourg have been nulled out since they have entered before 1997-1998, when televoting was first introduced.

On the map (right), you will see lines between countries who have a history of voting for each other, for example the United Kingdom and Ireland, Cyprus and Greece, and Turkey and Azerbaijan. In the Eurovision Song Contest, it is common for countries to give each other 12 Points because of politics and diaspora.

Voting blocs