Mainstream Party Response to Extremism: A Spatial Model of Elections with Aggregate Preference Shocks

• In Event: Representation Under Pressure: Backlash, Extremism, and Electoral Reform

Brief Overview

I develop a two party spatial model with aggregate preference shocks where the mainstream chooses its office–ideology tradeoff. Comparing plurality and proportional rules, I derive moderation, tipping, and policy effects linked to disproportionality.

Author

• Alma Lena Rottem, Duke University