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: Note: elements marking out the centrist range, and three sections under it (center-left, center and center-right) are our additions: a map of the ideological spectrum make-up of Congress between 2014 and 2016, showing how drastically under-represented centrists and moderates are
Personally, I’d make the centrist segment wider, but I was trying to be generous. Regardless of whether you want to spread the centrist section out a bit, or shrink it, the problem here is clear – centrists and moderates are dramatically under-represented in Washington. Here is another graphic – this one from Pew Research – showing the same issue: This isn’t the subject of this page, so we wont dwell on it, but
While every map shows a slightly different version of this than others, and it’s a subject of reasonable debate as to when exactly it began, the trend of both the Democratic and Republican party tents shifting away from the center has been ongoing for some time. With the GOP, most point to the Gingrich / ‘Republican Revolution’ in the mid-90’s when the Republicans began actively pushing moderates out of their tent, with the Democrats beginning to follow suit sometime in the early years of the next decade (which is why there are more moderates left in the Democratic party than in the GOP). 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
while 75% is an exaggeration, this is a good illustration of Angus King’s centrist stance
Maine has a long history of electing centrists and moderates – moderate Republican Margaret Chase Smith for instance, who famously and bravely came out against Joseph McCarthy in her ‘Declaration of Conscience’ speech, and moderate Republican Susan Collins, the current senior US Senator from there. Angus King is a former governor who has bucked the two major parties for decades now, and is leading the way forward for us in Washington as the only independent centrist in Congress.