Center squeeze: Difference between revisions
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Systems that can do either well or poorly in a center squeeze situation include most [[graded Bucklin]] systems and [[score voting]].
Systems that generally do well with center squeeze include [[Condorcet method|Condorcet systems]]. Some people suggest that a center squeeze scenario could become an opportunity for one of the wings to use burial strategy and create an artificial [[Condorcet paradox|Condorcet cycle]]. However,
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Center squeeze is also a feature of two-party systems which use a [[primary election|primary]] to select candidates. In this case, the two parties tend to separate ideologically, and a "center" candidate, ideologically between the two, would find themselves unable to win a primary against another candidate closer to the centroid of the party. The center candidate would win in any one-on-one vote over the whole voting population, but will not win in the subset of the population represented by a party.
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