centrism

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In June, a high-profile electoral strategy conference at D.C.’s high-end Hamilton Hotel drew Yglesias and Shor in a sort of Traveling Wilburys of centrism supergroup situation.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

Feinstein’s centrism sometimes left her outside the main current of California politics.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2023

A week later, the surviving liberals on the board — who previously had spurned her centrism — rallied behind her and elected her to finish Mr. Moscone’s mayoral term.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

This expressed the Clinton centrism that enabled him to become the first Democratic president reelected since Franklin D. Roosevelt.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

I disagreed, but after some back-and-forth we found points of consensus, It's not centrism per se that's the problem, I argued, but the relative question: "Centrism compared to what?"

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2022