Centerism

In politics, centrism or the centre is a political outlook or specific position that involves acceptance or support of a balance of a degree of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy, while opposing political changes which would result in a significant shift of society either strongly to the left or the right.

Centre-left and centre-right politics both involve a general association with centrism combined with leaning somewhat to their respective sides of the spectrum.

Various political ideologies, such as Christian Democracy, can be classified as centrist.

It has been suggested that individuals vote for centrist parties for purely statistical reasons.

Centrists usually support a degree of equal opportunity and economic freedom. They can generally lean conservative on economic issues and lean liberal on social issues, sometimes vice versa.

However, centrism itself is location-dependent and exact policies can vary depending on geographical and socioeconomic factors.

There have been centrists in both sides of politics, who serve alongside the various factions within the Liberal and Labor parties.

In addition, there are a number of smaller groups that have formed in response to the bipartisan system who uphold centrist ideals. South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon had launched his own centrist political party called the Nick Xenophon Team (NXT) in 2014. The Palmer United Party has been suggested as being a centrist party as well, but the party itself does not make such formal claims of being politically centrist.

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