median voter
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmedianandvoter
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median
adjective
uk/ˈmiː.di.ən/us/ˈmiː.di.ən/
mathematics
The median value is the middle one in a set of values arranged in order ...
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voter
noun[C]
uk/ˈvəʊ.tər/us/ˈvoʊ.t̬ɚ/
a person who votes or who has a legal right to vote, especially in ...
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(Definition ofmedianandvoterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmedian voter
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It holds true to the fundamental assumption that candidates are motivated by re-election and that themedianvoterexerts real centripetal pull.
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If voters have linear loss functions, then a 'medianvoterlocation' satisfies the first order condition.
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To check this we investigate how accurately parliaments and governments represent the left-right position of themedianvoterin each of twenty parliamentary democracies.
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This is because both parties exhibit a desire to moderate their natural partisan inclinations in order to appeal to themedianvoter.
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Good preference correspondence will then depend entirely on the winning party being at the position of themedianvoter.
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Second, candidates must now represent the interests of themedianvoter, rather than particular client groups.
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The actual location of themedianvoterin each district depends upon the state selected.
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In one dimension the party whose support coalition includes themedianvoterwill be the core party.
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Authoritarian politicians, however, who do not have to worry about elections, care less about themedianvoteror the average citizen.
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The parties were close to themedianvoter; and the election was expected to be the foregone conclusion that it turned out to be.
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Consider first the opportunity for parties to seek office by converging on localmedianvoterpreferences.
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Increasing the effective threshold implied increasingly poor vote-seat correspondence, but relatively unchanging correspondence between the position of themedianvoterand the median legislator.
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If a candidate pleases the activists, he has more campaign resources, but he is then ideologically distant from themedianvoter.
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Cuts would be easy to implement for all groups that do not include themedianvoter.
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This brought the party much closer to themedianvoterthan had protection in 1923.
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For the moment, however, we should note that the estimate places the two parties very close together, near the position of themedianvoter.
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The two dimensions show the left-right distance between the two largest parties and themedianvoter.
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As political scientists would put it, democratic politicians win by getting information about the preferences of 'themedianvoter'.
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Opportunistic left-wing governments may want to strengthen their anti-inflation policies to appeal to themedianvoterin election years.
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But they use a simple reduced form model in which themedianvoteris pivotal.
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