This list of assumptions, that are very obviously not remotely how reality works, have been the cornerstone of Democratic strategic thinking for as long as I’ve been alive.
Dan Ancona
Long story short, the median voter theorem
- Assumes a single electoral arena
- Assumes single dimensional policy space.
- Assumes a informed electorate.
- Assumes stable policy preferences
- Assumes voters choose candidates on policy preferences.
None of these things is true.
