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They aren’t necessarily in opposition to each other, though. Imagine having three districts of 60/40 instead of two districts of 90/10 and one of 0/100. In thi
by aaronblohowiak 6y ago
They aren’t necessarily in opposition to each other, though. Imagine having three districts of 60/40 instead of two districts of 90/10 and one of 0/100. In this way, the party in charge has effectively erased the substantial portion of the population that would support the opposition!
- thaumasiotes 6y agoWhat do you think the policy effects are in each case? In your second scenario, you have three politicians in two parties who are all basically unconstrained. In the first scenario, you have three politicians who all nominally belong to the same party, but their behavior is constrained much more sharply by the closeness of their districts.