Suppose That Some Event Occurs That Causes Several Voters to Adopt

question 16

Multiple Choice

Suppose that some event occurs that causes several voters to adopt more centrist positions on the left-right issue dimension. The new distribution of voters is shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2: Illustrating the Median Voter Theorem-A Centrist Electorate

-Given the centrist nature of the distribution of voters in Figure 2, where will parties P₁ and P₂ locate in the left-right space?

• A) 3
• B) 3.5
• C) 4
• D) 4.5
• E) 5
• F) 5.5
• G) 6
• H) 6.5

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