Split Vote

A Split Vote is a strategy employed in *Survivor* by alliances at Tribal Council, in an attempt to avoid one of their own being voted out by the use of a Hidden Immunity Idol. The strategy involves the alliance(s) casting an equal or near-equal number of votes on two different members of an opposing alliance or individual targets, theoretically ensuring that one of them is voted out regardless of whom the idol is played on. In order for the split vote to work, the alliance must control two-thirds of the votes at Tribal Council, or correctly play a Hidden Immunity Idol such that they will gain said majority.

## List of Split Vote Attempts

### Successful Split Votes

This list compiles successful split votes.

For a split vote to qualify as successful, one of the two targets must be voted out (after a revote if necessary) regardless of which target plays the idol. If the targeted alliance has two idols, a split vote can be unsuccessful even with this guideline. It is not required that every member of the splitting alliance be aware of the identity of the primary target. In seasons where there are no idols hidden, castaways employ the split vote strategy with small voting factions in an attempt to successfully execute a blindside.

### Failed Split Votes

This list includes Tribal Councils where the split voting alliance(s) actually attempted the split, but failed due to some members of the alliance reneging, if all members of the opposing alliance are immune (therefore losing one of their own or someone not from the target alliance) and/or splits that didn't ensure that one of the targets would be eliminated if an idol was used on one of them. This does not include proposed splits the tribe as a whole did not intend to follow through with.

## Throwaway Votes

Another voting strategy related to the split vote is the throwaway vote. Even before the threat of Hidden Immunity Idols were put in the game, some castaways cast a throwaway vote (usually against their allies if they are in the minority) in order to divert votes against themselves to someone that could likely also get votes.

Some throwaway votes, however, are used to prevent the effect of Hidden Immunity Idols, and are usually done impromptu when they vote without a clear plan before doing it.

* In *Survivor: Philippines*, the Matsing Veterans Alliance voted for Jessica but Domenic threw his vote to Jasmine as a tertiary target after he played his idol.
* In *Survivor: Mamanuca Islands*, the Levu Five voted for Hannah but Jose threw his vote to Raph as a tertiary target in the event that multiple idols were played.
* In *Survivor: Ghost Island*, the Naviti Alliance voted for Reed but Samir threw his vote to Frank as a tertiary target in the event that an idol was played.

## Trivia

* Adelaide was voted out because of failed split vote plans twice.
* Kate-Lyn holds the record for the most number of times being a target of split vote plans, with three.
* *Survivor: The Amazon* and *Survivor: The Congo* currently holds the record for the most failed split votes in a season, with two.
	+ The British Invasion holds the record for the alliance with the most failed split vote attempts, with two.
* *Survivor: Indonesia*, *Survivor: Island of Secrets* and *Survivor: Ghost Island* currently hold the record for the most successful split votes in a season with 3. The former two seasons also hold the record for the most overall attempted split votes, with 4.
* The SALT Alliance from *Island of Secrets* holds the record for the alliance which successfully executed the most split vote plans in one season, with three.