The Spatial Model of Politics
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
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political science theory
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| gptkbp:analyzes |
candidate strategies
voter preferences |
| gptkbp:appliesTo |
one-dimensional models
multi-dimensional models |
| gptkbp:assumes |
voters and candidates can be placed on a spectrum
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| gptkbp:describes |
political competition as positions in a geometric space
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Spatial Model of Politics
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| gptkbp:introducedIn |
gptkb:An_Economic_Theory_of_Democracy
1957 |
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gptkb:Anthony_Downs
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Hotelling's_law
median voter theorem issue space |
| gptkbp:usedFor |
analyzing party positioning
predicting election outcomes studying policy competition |
| gptkbp:usedIn |
political science
public choice theory voting theory |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Norman_Schofield
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