Question 12.82

1. The use of spatial voting models is predicated on issues being representable on a left-right spectrum. List 10 issues from recent political campaigns. Which of them are representable on a left-right spectrum? Which are discrete, and which are continuous? Some issues that may appear to be discrete, such as the availability of guns and gun control laws, may be more nuanced. Explain how such issues may also be modeled on the left-right spectrum.