American Centrist: A Synonym for a Well-Informed American
I am called a Centrist or a citizen who feels no allegiance to any of the extreme political parties. Leaders also use the word Centrist because by definition it means “a member of a center party whose political views are centered between the liberal (extreme left) view and the conservative (extreme right) view.” While it is true that there are Centrist Parties that fit this description, essentially all of them exist in other countries through the world. So why is the term Centrist so popular in the United States? It is popular because most of the time the word Centrist is use in the United States it is used connotatively to imply “These are the undecided people who can’t make-up their minds,” or “These are the citizens without a strong ideology;” or “These are the voters who are afraid of the policies to the extreme left and the extreme right of the political spectrum, so they engage in the practice of promoting moderat...