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November 8, 2025International Journal of Modern Physics C

The Attractor Model of Political Competition

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MHMoritz HofererHGHans Gersbach

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Overview

This model reveals how candidates align policies to ideal points in democracy, suggesting strategic influence can shift voter distribution.

Key Points

  • Candidates align their policies with the ideal points of the median voter before any communication takes place.
  • The model shows that candidates adopt strategies to influence specific voter groups for favorable shifts.
  • Distribution of voters' ideal points is endogenous, affected by opinion formation influenced by neighbors.
  • Democracy exhibits resilience through the median attractor result, maintaining stability in political competition.

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Hoferer et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/690e8b6ca5b062d7a4e735d4https://doi.org/10.1142/s0129183127500124
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