# What is centrism in American politics today? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-centrism-in-american-politics-today/750410 **Category:** Great Debates **Created:** [March 27, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-centrism-in-american-politics-today/750410 "2016-03-27T23:39:30Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 8
### Author: ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure) #### Post date: [March 28, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-centrism-in-american-politics-today/750410/8 "2016-03-28T01:56:11Z")
I am a centrist by European standards. This puts me on the far left fringe of the American political spectrum. For example, I think those who don’t accept the scientific consensus on evolution and global warming are crackpots. Also, I think foreign policy chin-scratchers who lead us into pointless multi-trillion dollar wars are have shamed themselves and should be treated with skepticism. Unexceptional in Europe, shrill in the US. Indeed, to be taken seriously as a foreign policy expert on US Sunday talk shows, you have to have a long history of demonstrably bad calls like smilin’ Bill Kristol, scowlin’ Dick Cheney or John McCain. My alleged Political Compass Economic Left/Right: -3.13 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.77 The Democratic Party would be center-right in Europe. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-centrism-in-american-politics-today/750410)._