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[[File:Political Spectrum Chart NPOV.svg|thumb|253x253px|A two-dimensional chart (sometimes referred to as a "[[Nolan chart]]") with an economic axis, a socio-cultural axis and ideologically representative colours]]
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'''Centrism''' is a frequently used to to describe political candidates seeking the center of the political spectrum for a locality that they are seeking office. Additionally, some voters consider themselves to be "centrists" if they don't agree with any of the "[[extremism|extremist]]" candidates in their political sphere. [[English Wikipedia]] describes centrism this way: <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Centrism&oldid=968775110</ref>
<blockquote>In [[politics]], '''centrism''' is a political outlook or specific position that involves acceptance or support of a balance of a degree of [[wikipedia:Egalitarianism|social equality]] and a degree of [[wikipedia:social hierarchy|social hierarchy]], while opposing political changes which would result in a significant shift of society strongly to either the [[wikipedia:Left-wing politics|left]] or the [[wikipedia:Right-wing politics|right]].<ref>Oliver H. Woshinsky. ''Explaining Politics: Culture, Institutions, and Political Behavior''. Oxon, England; New York, New York, USA: Routledge, 2008. Pp. 141, 161.</ref></blockquote>
Many editors of [[electowiki]] prefer to think of the [[political spectrum]] as a multi-dimensional entity. Few editors agree on the best abstract definition of this spectrum.<ref>Refer to the [[EPOV|Electowiki Point of View (EPOV)]]</ref>
== Rhetoric ==
"Centrist" is frequently used to describe the [[consensus]] candidate. This is an ambiguous term, however, because it is also frequently used to refer to the center of a given political spectrum or compass, and these are not necessarily the same concept.
For example, [[FairVote]] uses the term in reference to a [[Condorcet winner]], arguing that it's good that [[Instant-runoff voting|IRV]] doesn't always elect the CW:
<blockquote>Condorcet winners are centrist by nature, regardless of the preferences of the electorate. ... So choosing the centrist candidate every time is just falling into the fallacy of the middle ground.</blockquote>
But the Condorcet winner is only "centrist" relative to the opinions of the electorate. If we assume a 2D [[Political spectrum|political compass]], for instance, and an authoritarian-left political party holds an internal election, the Condorcet winner is not going to be "centrist" relative to the entire compass. They will be "centrist" relative to the party: a good representative of the party's ideology as a whole. If an electorate's political ideology changes over time, the Condorcet winner moves along with them, while always remaining "centrist" relative to them.
(The same concepts also apply to the [[utilitarian winner]]. In most real-world elections, the two winners are the same candidate.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pivato|first=Marcus|date=2015-08-01|title=Condorcet meets Bentham|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304406815000518|journal=Journal of Mathematical Economics|language=en|volume=59|pages=58–65|doi=10.1016/j.jmateco.2015.04.006|issn=0304-4068}}</ref>)
== Footnotes ==
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