But the existence of sanctuary cities shows that the median voter in some areas wants more immigrants.

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This has left the party with a cadre of representatives several notches to the right of the median voter, and a serious reputational problem.

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She's "able to find the median voter and represent the median voter, " whether in her Manhattan district or among council members, retired Hunter College political scientist Kenneth Sherrill said.

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While my strong preference is for immigration policies that let in a large number of immigrants with little burden on them, the low numbers that even this new bipartisan reform are proposing indicate that the median voter does not want this.

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The low level of immigration relative to efficient levels illustrates that the national median voter views immigrants at current margins as being primarily competitive rather than complimentary, and fears that immigrants are bidding down their wages and perhaps even bidding up their house prices.

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This will of course entirely put an end to all of the articles, studies and reports which ask whether the working class, or the median voter, or the middle class, or even the American people, are better off than they were 30 years ago, or 40.

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It can help explain why the so-called median American voter, a concept used in political science literature, seems so angry at this time, looking around for culprits behind the economic predicament of the American middle class.

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According to a study by the Los Angeles Times the median age for an Oscar voter is 62.

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