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fleshed out the article quite a bit. I want to move this from centrist to centrism, and also make sure that we have an extremism article that aligns with wikipedia:extremism (Category:Centrism)
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'''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.▼
[[File:Political Spectrum Chart NPOV.svg|thumb|253x253px|[[wikipedia:Nolan chart|Two-axis political spectrum chart]] with an economic axis, a socio-cultural axis and ideologically representative colours]]
:''main category: [[:Category:Centrism]]''
'''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 ==
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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:
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(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>)
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=== References ===
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[[Category:Vocabulary]]
[[Category:Centrism]]
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