It makes no sense in Hotelling's game.
It can happen temporarily, if there are shocks in median voter preferences.
It makes no sense with policy-minded politicians.
Why not, if candidates just care about office.
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Background:
The purpose of this question is to try to explain the paradox that two oposing candidates, A and B, with A being more leftist than B, switch sides of the political spectrum, so that candidate A is now more right-wing than candidate B or, which is the same, candidate B more leftist than candidate A. Is this compatible with rational choice theory?
Learning objectives:
Understanding Hotelling's game.
Understanding the median voter theorem.
Understanding the differences and similarities between office-seeking and policy-seeking politicians.
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