The Geographic Distribution of Political Preferences

摘要: In order to address classic questions about democratic representation in countries with winner-take-all electoral districts, it is necessary understand the distribution of political preferences across districts. Recent formal theory literature has contributed new insights into how parties choose platforms a continuum heterogeneous Meanwhile, increases survey sample sizes and advances empirical techniques have made possible characterize within This review addresses an emerging that builds on these tools explore ways which geography can help explain compete, policies they choose, even rules under compete. Building from economic geography, pays special attention policy biases emerge when there asymmetric a...