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How is voting (not) like buying a hot dog?

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Imagine a beach with two hot dog vendors and a crowd of hungry vacationers. Each vacationer will buy a hot dog from the vendor located closest to their spot on the beach. Where should each vendor set up shop if they want to maximize their sales?

Vote share is a continuous variable

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Last night, Evanston mayor Daniel Biss won the Democratic primary to replace Jan Schakowsky in Illinois’s 9th congressional district, defeating a crowded field. Kat Abughazaleh, an online content creator (she would say researcher and journalist) with no prior experience in elected office and, especially relative to the other candidates in the race, few ties to the district, came in second.