Our findings speak to our understanding of electoral behavior, parties' electoral strategies, as well as the bases of political inequality. At the very least, it suggests a much more equal starting point than we (and likely most other scholars) have supposed! 7/7

Overall, the various information cues available to citizens when evaluating the distances between parties seem to be used in fairly similar ways by the more and less politically sophisticated. This speaks to our understanding of electoral behavior, parties' electoral strategies, as well as the bases of political inequality. It suggests, at the very least, a much more equal starting point than we (and likely most other scholars) have supposed. 6/6