Electoral Theory and Behavior

Question 1

Hoetelling experiment

Answer 1

Where are the ice cream trucks gonna go?

Question 2

Hoetelling and elections

Answer 2

In a normal election, candidates will attempt to persuade the average voter. Same way the ice cream man will be tempted to get closer to the middle of the beach.

Question 3

3 factors that make elections unpredictable

Answer 3

1. Changes to the franchise
2. Voter turnout
3. Demographic shifts

Question 4

2 factors that prevent candidates from appealing to centrists

Answer 4

1. Tail becomes disillusioned
   - These people do not vote.
   - A 3rd party candidate takes the tail.
2. A candidate becomes tied to the tail
   - Primaries can shape a candidate’s image because he is appealing to the median voter in his half.
   - The opponent brands you with the image of the extreme.

Question 5

Condorset Victor

Answer 5

Clear victor