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Originally Posted by Johnny1A.2
It also only works that way as long as the 'left-middle-right' or whatever spectrum is the sole axis of division. When there are two or more axes on which the population can split, the 'center' becomes unstable.
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That's not really true; as long as people vote for the candidate who is 'closer' to their position than the other candidate, there is an optimal position. Now, people
changing their priorities produces instability.
There's also the turnout strategy, though: if voting is optional and at least slightly inconvenient, you want to take positions that will cause people to turn out to vote for you, and not cause people to turn out to vote against you. This typically means positions that have minority support and majority 'eh, whatever'.