Question 12.46

18. Twenty voters have ideal points on a left-right spectrum. What is the extended median of the distribution of voters’ ideal points? What is the equilibrium position if an additional voter is added to the distribution with (a) an ideal point of 0.1? (b) An ideal point of 0.4? (c) An ideal point of 0.7? What is the relationship between the equilibrium position and the new voter’s ideal point as it compares with the extended median?

Ideal Point 0 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 1
Number
of Voters
2 4 4 6 2 2