It can be. I was at a Count for local elections in SW London. The candidates were listed on the ballot, as normal, alphabetically. It worked out that two conservatives had initials starting at the beginning of the alphabet (one was a certain Chope at the start of his political career) and the third had a name beginning with W. It was a landslide to the Conservatives overall. Much to everyone’s surprise, including the candidate, the Communist candidate polled an unusually high number of votes. He was listed in the first half of the list, the third Conservative candidate didn’t get in by some 20 votes.
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