English Dictionary

foot voting

名詞

慣用表現 不可算名詞

(idiomatic) Expressing one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial.

日本語の意味

自分の行動によって好みを示すこと、例えば、不満のある状況を実際に離れ、より好ましい状況へ移動することを意味する比喩的表現。 / 物理的な移動行動を用いて、意見や期待を表明する行為を指す。

Faced with high fees, many residents practiced foot voting by moving their families to neighboring towns with lower taxes.

高い手数料に直面して、多くの住民は税金が低い隣町へ家族を移すことで自分たちの選好を行動で示した。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) Expressing one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial.

Foot voting provides much stronger incentives than ballot box voting for both information acquisition and rational information use.