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>The conservatives have lurched so far right that I can't help but feel that Labour is having to move in that direction too just to have a fighting chance of wi

>The conservatives have lurched so far right that I can't help but feel that Labour is having to move in that direction too just to have a fighting chance of winning the next election. Oh no, political parties moving in response to the expressed will of the general public in a democracy. What an outrage! How dare a party in a democratic system change its policy to match voter preferences. Won't someone think of the people that know better??

myrmi 3y ago
> Oh no, political parties moving in response to the expressed will of the general public in a democracy. Consider a very simple model of a two party system, expressing views on one left/right axis. Members of the population vote for the political party that is closest to their views on that axis. Political parties want to win as many votes as possible. Under that model and those assumptions, if one party moves in a particular direction, the 'correct' behaviour for the other party is to move in that direction also to capture more votes, regardless of what the underlying 'will' of the general voting public is.
blitzar 3y ago
> political parties moving in response to the expressed will of the general public in a democracy They dont care about the people, they are simply occupying the political ground that has been abandoned by the other party.