Let’s suppose that P1 locates at Position 2 on the left–right issue dimension and that P2 locates at Position 7. Who wins the election in the situation illustrated by Figure 1?
Figure 1 illustrates an election in which there are seven voters (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) arrayed along a single left–right issue dimension that runs from 0 (most left) to 10 (most right).Each voter is assumed to have a single-peaked preference ordering over the issue dimension and to vote for the party that is located closest to her ideal point.The voters are participating in a majority rule election in which there are two parties, P1 and P2, competing for office.These parties can be thought of as “office-seeking” parties since they only care about winning the election and getting into office.
A. The two parties tie.
B. P1 wins.
C. P2 wins.
B. P1 wins.
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