In demographics, foot voting describes the tendency of people to "vote with their feet",[1] that is to migrate when they perceive situations to be more beneficial elsewhere. It is also used as an analogy to describe shifting political or commercial allegiances.
It is similar in nature to Dollar voting.
Just as dollar voting requires a degree of economic freedom to be effective, foot voting is effective only if people have the freedom to migrate.
The concept is frequently associated with Charles Tiebout.[2] The term was also popularized by Ronald Reagan.[3] Lenin is also said to have created the term in 1918 during World War I when he said that Russian soldiers had voted in favour of peace with Germany with their feet, since they were deserting in large numbers from the front line.