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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.
19 min read 2,891 words
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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.
12 min read 1,803 words
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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.
7 min read 972 words
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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.
5 min read 674 words