Candidates Need to Identify the Median Voter
It has long been a truism of American politics that to win the party nomination for president one has to run to the party’s extremes, and to win the general election for president one has to run to the middle. This means that Democrats need to run to the extreme left while Republicans need to run to the extreme right. Of course, this means that party activists on either side of the aisle fail to pick candidates that appeal to the majority of American voters. Does this mean th