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== Comparing stances ==
So now we can compare individual opinions, we can begin to look into comparing entire stances.
In the typical [[spatial model]] of elections, voters are perfect points in an opinion space. The Euclidean distance between two voters <math>a = (a_1, \cdots, a_N)</math> and <math>b = (b_1, \cdots, b_N)</math> in a space with <math>N</math> issues is given by:
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