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the result that with single-peaked preferences majority voting selects the alternative preferred by the median voter.

In political economy, median voter theorem refers to the result that with single-peaked preferences majority voting selects the alternative preferred by the median voter. This meaning comes from Black (1948) in Journal of Political Economy.[1]

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  1. Black, D. (1948). On the Rationale of Group Decision-making. Journal of Political Economy, 56(1), 23-34. https://doi.org/10.1086/256633

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