11.   I took this as a protest vote.

12.   In his speeches, Price portrays himself as the victim of a nationwide protest vote.

13.   It was a genuine protest vote.

14.   It was a protest vote, but the Communist vote was also in large measure a protest vote.

15.   Karbaschi is an ally of President Mohammad Khatami, who was elected last year in an overwhelming protest vote against the clerical stranglehold in Iran.

16.   Much of that was a protest vote from the pro-commonwealth camp, which saw the ballot as misleading.

17.   Netanyahu would be the beneficiary of a protest vote this time.

18.   Of course, voters who want to cast an ideological protest vote for Mr. Nader have a perfect right to do so.

19.   Of course, voters who want to cast an ideological protest vote for Nader have a perfect right to do so.

20.   Perot, the most obvious outlet for protest votes, drew fewer than half the votes he drew four years ago, despite a modest surge at the end.