The median-voter theorem suggests that:

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The median-voter theorem posits that in a majority-rule voting system, where preferences are single-peaked, politicians will adopt the policy position of the median voter to maximize their votes. This is because the median position is theoretically the most advantageous in attracting the largest number of votes, assuming voters' preferences are distributed along a spectrum. Choices B, C, and D describe different phenomena not directly related to the core principle of the median-voter theorem.

The Median-Voter Theorem Suggests That