The median voter theorem applies to particular methods of deciding outcomes. The decision making processes in the EU, its institutions, and member states are sufficiently complex and diverse that I’d be very surprised if anything like it applied.
Yup. Median voter theorem already barely works in a vanilla setup (voters directly electing decisionmakers) because of issue bundling. Add couple of layers of indirection (voters electing local MPs, who elect the local govts, who then choose the Commission) and there’s little, if anything, left.
The median voter theorem applies to particular methods of deciding outcomes. The decision making processes in the EU, its institutions, and member states are sufficiently complex and diverse that I’d be very surprised if anything like it applied.
Yup. Median voter theorem already barely works in a vanilla setup (voters directly electing decisionmakers) because of issue bundling. Add couple of layers of indirection (voters electing local MPs, who elect the local govts, who then choose the Commission) and there’s little, if anything, left.