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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: "The Center": Where is it? [View all]

MineralMan

(146,287 posts)
6. A bell curve is the only way to define the center.
Fri May 27, 2016, 03:44 PM
May 2016

The center is exactly in the middle of that curve, based on how voters behave. We live in a democratic republic, so the voters define the political landscape. No other curve or chart illustrates the political spectrum better, since it's population and voter centric. Those charts illustrate why we wobble back and forth between Democratic and Republican controlled governments. This year, it will look very much the same, as it has for a very long time.

Here's one example:



Here's another:



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