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Promise (2024-11-11) (midwest.social)

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This is more commonly known as the median voter theorem.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

You're probably gonna hate this, but I think it actually matters how you add them up. Cuz think if you add 0 + 1 + 2 - 1 + 3 - 2 + 4... that pattern will always be positive. (And this is assuming we're only using integers)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

And this is why I don't ask the mathematicians in my life to sum up infinite lists of integers anymore. Smh