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The supplied passage directly states that lower turnout under a centrist expected coalition underrepresents centrists and overrepresents extremes, increasing observed polarization. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Turnout and the distortion of representation: the case of electoral polarization · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:3e0fc1c100b9bc871fc2312ef591a27076d7c70929a0617bed0e7f42e913a69f

When the governing coalition is expected to be centrist, centrist voters are underrepresented while voters at the ideological extremes are overrepresented, resulting in higher levels of observed electoral polarization.