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The notion that there are sides and not a web of gradients (in the US) is built on polls. The real mystery I want an answer to is why the country us split 50/50
by guerrilla 5y ago
The notion that there are sides and not a web of gradients (in the US) is built on polls. The real mystery I want an answer to is why the country us split 50/50 on almost everything.
- ethbr0 5y agoThe nature of democracy. There's a strong selection bias for positions which attract more votes. Ergo, all parties continually optimize their positions, and apparently meet at a boundary that's usually about half the elective.
- guerrilla 5y ago> The nature of democracy. Not really. There are basically no countries in Europe with a 50/50 split. > There's a strong selection bias for positions which attract more votes Again, no, not really in Europe with proportional representation or similar systems.
- ethbr0 5y ago* Winner take all democracy If 50+1 wasn't the magic number, it makes sense you'd see parties optimizing for other things.
- mkr-hn 5y agoEven a very well-designed poll has limited resolution on an individual's views.
- jjk166 5y agoWe're only split 50/50 on issues, and things are issues because we are split 50/50. If a large majority of people agree on both what to do and how to do it, we just do that. You don't exactly need a poll for "issues" like should we legalize necrophilia or should we go to war with Australia.
- FooBarBizBazz 5y ago> The real mystery I want an answer to is why the country us split 50/50 on almost everything. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law