Median voter theorem
Teorema del votante mediano
- Date
- 1948 · confidence medium
- Place
- Aberystwyth, Wales, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Duncan Black (1908-1991)
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What was discovered
Social choice theory theorem stating that in a vote along a one-dimensional political spectrum, under Condorcet-consistent methods, the candidate preferred by the median voter wins; it explains why political parties converge toward the center.
What it led to
- spatial models of electoral competition
- public choice theory
- political polarization analysis
- voting system design