Title: Centrist Definition: What is a Centrist? What does the Center Believe?
Headings: Centrist Definition Introduction: What is a Centrist?
Centrist Definition Introduction: What is a Centrist?
A centrist is someone whose views result in them standing in the center range of a political spectrum.
Selfish Reasons Politicians Twist the Definition of Centrist
Where Centrists Stand on the American Political Spectrum
What is a Centrist Party, Organization or Candidate You Can Point me to that Represents the Center Well?
Trailblazing Centrist Independent US Senator from Maine – Angus King
No Labels & the Problem Solvers Caucus – The Leading Centrist Political Organization
Three Centrist Parties Leading the Way in Minnesota, Oregon and South Carolina
The Independence Party of Minnesota
The Independent Party of Oregon
The American Party of South Carolina
Frequently Asked Questions about Centrists
Q: Why don’t centrists join the Democratic/Republican Party / isn’t the Dem/GOP a centrist party?
Q: What is a centrist stance on healthcare, and how does it differ from Dem & Republican plans?
Q: Do centrists just want incremental change, or is that another false partisan stereotype?
What Does ‘Centrism’ Mean? Is there a Centrist Ideology?
Busting Myths & False StereoTypes – What *Doesn’t* Define Centrists?
You Literally Cannot be a Centrist without Taking Stances
Centrist is a Range on a Spectrum, Not a Point
Being a Centrist Has Nothing to do with Personality
Compromising Doesn’t Make You Any More or Less of a Centrist
Centrism is a bit of a Misnomer – There is No ‘Centrist Ideology’

Content: Given the drift away from the center by the two major parties, they’ve begun to grow, fundraise and run candidates across the state, have elected one governor and had one sitting US Senator. The Independent Party of Oregon
Formed in 2007, the Independent Party of Oregon has begun to grow quickly in the last few years, becoming the third biggest party recently, with over 110,000 registered voters – over 5% of the electorate in Oregon, and has even brought in more new members than the Republican Party has in recent years. They’re also pioneering open primaries by letting independents vote in its primary, even though the state does not require it and both major parties continue to have their primaries closed to independents. The American Party of South Carolina
The newest of the three, the American Party of South Carolina only launched in 2014, but has already begun to make waves. The party was founded by a duo of former major party members that left each party and began the process of forming a new party in 2013 by collecting the necessary 10,000 petitions at the South Carolina State Fair. They are currently recruiting a slate of candidate for the midterm elections in 2018, supports term limits for Congress and have a particular focus on anti-corruption issues. Frequently Asked Questions about Centrists
Q: Why don’t centrists join the Democratic/Republican Party / isn’t the Dem/GOP a centrist party? Centrists have been steadily leaving the two major parties for years precisely because neither are welcome to centrists, and both are increasingly and actively hostile to centrists and our views. Some still hang on, and you don’t have to be an independent to be a centrist or moderate, but most centrists are independents (and many who are with the parties are only there so they can participate in closed partisan primaries), when we vote for party members is usually is because they are the lesser evil – not because we think they’ll actually be good at the job, and more and more of us