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Secrets Of The Median Voter Theorem

Scott Alexander explores the Median Voter Theorem, its limitations in real politics, and why recent US elections have been surprisingly close despite these complications.

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Oct 23, 2024 2,891 words 212 likes 490 comments Listen · 17 min Read Read

Ground Morality In Party Politics

Scott proposes adapting DW-Nominate, a political spectrum analysis tool, to study morality through real-life decisions, exploring its potential implications and limitations.

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Jun 20, 2014 1,803 words 0 likes 108 comments Read Read

Plutocracy Isn’t About Money

The post explores the contradiction between studies suggesting elite influence on policy and those indicating money's limited impact on politics, offering several hypotheses to reconcile these findings.

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Apr 19, 2014 972 words 0 likes 56 comments Read Read

The Thin Blue Line That Stays Strangely Horizontal

Scott analyzes DW-NOMINATE data which unexpectedly shows no leftward drift in US politics over 120 years, despite historical evidence suggesting otherwise.

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Sep 21, 2013 674 words 0 likes 50 comments Read Read
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