Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object | 
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| gptkbp:instanceOf | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:political_science_theory
                                        
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Median Voter Theorem
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:appliesTo | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            two-party systems
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:assumes | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            rational voters
                                        
                                        
                                         unidimensional policy space  | 
                            
| gptkbp:criticizedFor | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            ignoring multi-dimensional issues
                                        
                                        
                                         oversimplification of voter preferences  | 
                            
| gptkbp:describes | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            voter behavior
                                        
                                        
                                         political party positioning  | 
                            
| gptkbp:influenced | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            public choice theory
                                        
                                        
                                         spatial models of voting  | 
                            
| gptkbp:namedAfter | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Anthony_Downs
                                        
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| gptkbp:predicts | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            parties converge to median voter
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:publicationYear | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            1957
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:publishedIn | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:An_Economic_Theory_of_Democracy
                                        
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| gptkbp:bfsParent | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Downs_model
                                        
                                         gptkb:rational_voter_model  | 
                            
| gptkbp:bfsLayer | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            7
                                        
                                        
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Downsian model
                                        
                                        
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