Benchmarking Ideological Representation: Citizen Medians, Interpolated Medians, Means—When Do They Differ, When Does It Matter?

• In Event: Mapping Votes to Seats and Other Outcomes

Brief Overview

Mean and median citizen benchmarks are compared in 100 elections, showing where, why and how frequently they differ. Well-known findings from ideological representation and democratic satisfaction research are re-examined using alternative measures.

Author

• G. Bingham Powell, University of Rochester