All of the following statements are true about median voter theory, except: Select the correct answer below: The median voter is in the middle of the political spectrum. The effects of the U.S. sugar lobby supports median voter theory. Median voter theory suggests that if a candidate needs more than 50% to win an election, the best way to win is to have median preferences. The median voter theory argues that politicians will try to match policies to what pleases the median voter preferences.
All of the following statements are true about median voter theory, except: Select the correct answer below: The median voter is in the middle of the political spectrum. The effects of the U.S. sugar lobby supports median voter theory. Median voter theory suggests that if a candidate needs more than 50% to win an election, the best way to win is to have median preferences. The median voter theory argues that politicians will try to match policies to what pleases the median voter preferences.
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Transcribed Image Text:All of the following statements are true about median voter theory, except:
Select the correct answer below:
The median voter is in the middle of the political spectrum.
The effects of the U.S. sugar lobby supports median voter theory.
Median voter theory suggests that if a candidate needs more than 50% to win an election, the best
way to win is to have median preferences.
The median voter theory argues that politicians will try to match policies to what pleases the
median voter preferences.
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In order to win an election, candidates must garner half the votes. In election politics, the "median voter" represents a candidate whose ideology places him exactly halfway between the remaining voters on his left and half of the remaining voters on his right. If a politician can convince the median voter to vote for him, he will guarantee himself half of the vote. If his opponent takes a more conservative or liberal stance, he will certainly lose. So, to at least force a tie, the other candidate must also mimic the median voter's preference. As a consequence, candidates race to the centre in the hope of becoming unbeatable.
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