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This is more commonly known as the median voter theorem.
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Wait... If you add all the numbers together, don't you get 0? Since for every number you're also adding the negative.
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)
And this is why I don't ask the mathematicians in my life to sum up infinite lists of integers anymore. Smh