At least in my experience, their conclusion tracks correctly. If both sides of the aisle are so diametrically opposed, to be a moderate is to want nothing to change, which generally means you’re of a demographic that is unaffected by negative policy from either side, which leads to being low information and low engagement in democracy. The moderate is the position of the status quo, and at least in my experience means they will vote against any change in either direction because they don’t want to have to think about things changing, even if it means voting against someone that could help them in the long run.
In my experience moderates have a mix of stances from both left and right sides of the spectrum so they don’t fully identify with either ideology.
If both sides of the aisle are so diametrically opposed, to be a moderate is to want nothing to change.
This doesn’t make sense because it implies that 1) the current state of US government is exactly at equilibrium between right and left. 2) there is no nuance to political ideologies, as if all leftists agree on all topics and all right wingers agree on all topics.
At least in my experience, their conclusion tracks correctly. If both sides of the aisle are so diametrically opposed, to be a moderate is to want nothing to change, which generally means you’re of a demographic that is unaffected by negative policy from either side, which leads to being low information and low engagement in democracy. The moderate is the position of the status quo, and at least in my experience means they will vote against any change in either direction because they don’t want to have to think about things changing, even if it means voting against someone that could help them in the long run.
In my experience moderates have a mix of stances from both left and right sides of the spectrum so they don’t fully identify with either ideology.
This doesn’t make sense because it implies that 1) the current state of US government is exactly at equilibrium between right and left. 2) there is no nuance to political ideologies, as if all leftists agree on all topics and all right wingers agree on all topics.