Speaking as a low-level employee in the medtech industry, I can report that a lot of companies are satisfied doing human research in Eastern Europe, where costs are low and regulations lax, but infrastructure is still available. I have heard that there is a bit of “rotation” among these countries over time, since costs and regulations tend to increase wherever human research becomes popular.
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Don’t forget the Primary Election factor.
Candidates who appear in general elections are actually a subset of even partisan candidates: they are those candidates which won their primary elections. In primary elections, general-election-”electability” is sometimes a factor for voters, but its seldom the top priority.
Even considering that political desires are, as OP shows, grouped, we would still expect more moderate candidates in a system without primary elections. Rational parties would submit candidates which maximize their party’s turnout while minimizing backlash and enthusiasm from opponents. Primary election voters, though, usually lack this concern.