Vote Cache

The **Vote Cache** is a twist used in *Survivor Winter Park Tiny* and is the main twist of its 1st season.

## Overview

The Vote Cache twist was introduced as the main twist of *Jeremy Edition* to introduce more advantages into the season. At any Tribal Council, a player could choose to abstain from voting, meaning they would not have a vote at any period of that Tribal Council, including on a re-vote. If the player survived that Tribal Council, they would be able to use an additional vote at any Tribal Council in the future, including the Final 3 Tribal Council.

Jacob Thigpen, who was voted out at the first Tribal Council after using his Vote Cache, was able to use his extra vote at the Final Tribal Council, in order to prevent a tie between the finalists.

## Strategy

There are many strategies that can be created by the Vote Cache twist:

* Abstaining from voting when a clear majority is established to grant yourself an easy Extra Vote.
* Abstaining from voting and blaming another for it, creating a target on their back.
* Convincing a player to use their Vote Cache to off-set the numbers between two sides targeting each other.
* Abstaining from voting to not have to choose between two sides.
* Abstaining from voting when you already have immunity as to not incidentally cause your elimination.

## Twist History

The Vote Cache twist was introduced at the beginning of the season, with the exception of them not being able to abstain from the opening fake elimination of the season. Jacob Thigpen would see an opportunity to earn his Extra Vote immediately, with his target for elimination being his father, Jonathan Thigpen. As Ava Thigpen would tell him to target his father, he believed everybody to be on board. However, it was only coincidence that Ava told him to target Jonathan (Jonathan), as Jacob would be the real target of her alliance. At Tribal Council, his abstained vote would incidentally force a tie between himself and Jonathan, with Karen Thigpen flipping on the re-vote with Jeremy Thigpen, feeling bad voting for her husband twice in a row.

At the following round, both Karen (Karen) and Rachel would choose to use their Vote Cache, with Karen feeling guilty voting for anybody at that round and Rachel believing herself to be in the majority, once again thinking that her dad was the target for elimination. Ava and Bella Anderson would betray Rachel that round, sending a second player out without voting in a row. Karen would be the first player to possess the Extra Vote.

Jonathan would use his Vote Cache at the third round, knowing that Ava and Bella were at the bottom of the tribe and that his vote wouldn't impact the elimination round. Unlike the previous two eliminations, he was accurate in his read as he would not be voted out that round, although he would never go on to use his Extra Vote.

At the Final 3, to ensure his elimination, George Stedronsky used his Vote Cache. Karen would use her Extra Vote at this round as well, for the first-ever 3-0 vote at the Final 3 elimination.

Thorin allowed one of the players who had still not used their Extra Vote (George, Jacob, Jonathan, and Rachel) to use theirs at the Final Tribal Council, in order to prevent a tie (despite the cast already deciding to vote for Jeremy). As he was asking for it the most, Jacob would be granted this ability.

## Vote Cache History

The table below details every action taken by a player at Tribal Council. If the color is yellow, that means they decided to vote at that Tribal Council. If the color is green, that means that they chose to use their Vote Cache, abstaining from voting for the round or they used their Extra Vote. If the color is orange, that means they were holding onto their Extra Vote while in the game.

## Trivia

* Karen Thigpen is the only player to use the Vote Cache and not get voted out with the Extra Vote.
	+ Her and Jonathan Thigpen are the only players to use their Vote Caches and not be voted out at that Tribal Council.