Figure 1 illustrates an election in which there are seven voters (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) arrayed along a single left-right issue dimension that runs from 0 (most left) to 10 (most right) . Each voter is assumed to have a single-peaked preference ordering over the issue dimension and to vote for the party that is located closest to her ideal point. The voters are participating in a majority rule election in which there are two parties, P1 and P2, competing for office. These parties can be thought of as "office-seeking" parties since they only care about winning the election and getting into office.
Figure 1: Illustrating the Median Voter Theorem
-What is the ideological position of the median voter in Figure 1?
A) 1.5
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5
F) 5.5
G) 7
H) 8
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