Possible Assassin Arrested At RNC

[ThatRobGuy]

Join the centrists, my friend. No one will confiscate your centrist card.

Though, the far-left and the far-right might not like what centrists have to say.

It should be pointed out, there's two different ways to be considered a "centrist" within the construct of a two party system where both parties have been partially captured by their more "zealous" ideological wings.

One can either be a centrist in the sense that they're moderate and nuanced on most issues

Or they can be a "net-centrist" by way of being pretty far left on some issues, and pretty far right on the others which averages out to a "moderate" score on the ideology score card.

For instance, someone like a Larry Hogan or Charlie Baker is very different than an RFK Jr. (despite all of them probably averaging out to a roughly similar "net ideology score" in terms of left/right issues)

 

[AlexB23]

It should be pointed out, there's two different ways to be considered a "centrist" within the construct of a two party system where both parties have been partially captured by their more "zealous" ideological wings.

One can either be a centrist in the sense that they're moderate and nuanced on most issues

Or they can be a "net-centrist" by way of being pretty far left on some issues, and pretty far right on the others which averages out to a "moderate" score on the ideology score card.

For instance, someone like a Larry Hogan or Charlie Baker is very different than an RFK Jr. (despite all of them probably averaging out to a roughly similar "net ideology score" in terms of left/right issues)

Yeah. I see your point that there are different flavors of centrists.

The average of -0.3 and +0.3 is 0 (nuanced), just as the average of -100 and +100 is 0 (net-centrist). For myself, I might be more nuanced on most things.