Ideological purity or centrism?

[Suburbia]

The left wing of the Democratic Party has caused tension recently. The removal of centrist Debbie Wasserman Schultz as DNC chair. The most progressive platform in Democratic Party history. The left wing wants a massive tax on corporations
Meanwhile, the right wing of the Republican Party has been hijacked by populist, everyman blue collar billionaire Donald Trump. The right wing is adamantly opposed to immigration reform. With this,  do you approve of ideological purity, or do you want centrism?

[RaphaelDLG]

Sanity and pragmatism are nice, but I'd prefer to avoid the "centrism" that is war in the middle east, kickbacks for the largest corporations and cuts to social programs, even if it means that elites have to reckon with crazy people for a little while.

[Antonio the Sixth]

That's an utterly meaningless question in the abstract.

[Suburbia]

Sanity and pragmatism are nice, but I'd prefer to avoid the "centrism" that is war in the middle east, kickbacks for the largest corporations and cuts to social programs, even if it means that elites have to reckon with crazy people for a little while.

I opposed the Iraq War, but I understand the Afghanistan War. Would you have preferred that the U.S. cave in to the terrorists in 2001?

[Vosem]

This is a meaningless decision in the abstract, but in the abstract, I'd rather stick to my guns than compromise, of course.

[OSR stands with Israel]

In totality centrism(fiscal conservative, social liberal, foreign policy pragmatist) but on the budget im ideological purity.If i was speaker i would demand at least 400 billion dollars in spending cuts and the only compromise is what things get cut not the amount.

[Phony Moderate]

You can be both of course.

[Santander]

In totality centrism(fiscal conservative, social liberal, foreign policy pragmatist) but on the budget im ideological purity.If i was speaker i would demand at least 400 billion dollars in spending cuts and the only compromise is what things get cut not the amount.

Anybody who demands spending cuts based on dollar figures rather than the scope of government has no coherent ideology.

[Goldwater]

What if your ideology happens to lie near the center?

[Californiadreaming]

Frankly, I prefer centrism when necessary and greater ideological purity otherwise.

[Bismarck]

Centrism in the sense of being for pragmatism and solution oriented policies.

[angus]

I prefer ideological purity, of course, but that might be somewhat easy for me since I'm a centrist by nature.  My ideologically pure ideal legislator would necessarily be intrinsically pragmatist.

[Horsemask]

Centrism

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

oh come on, am i the only honest person here? ideological purity for my side and centrism for the other side, which is everyone's real answer.

[SATW]

oh come on, am i the only honest person here? ideological purity for my side and centrism for the other side, which is everyone's real answer.

this. this so much.

[Slander and/or Libel]

I want to push my ideological agenda as far as I can in the primaries, and then align behind whoever wins my party's primary in the general. So pragmatism, I guess? Nobody ever gained anything by strategically sabotaging the people they were closer to on the issues.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Centrism in the pursuit of centrism leads to like the most corrupt parties in the western world, in my experience.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Centrism in the pursuit of centrism leads to like the most corrupt parties in the western world, in my experience.

It's more that corruption in the pursuit of corruption leads to generally centrist parties.

[Phony Moderate]

Centrism in the pursuit of centrism leads to like the most corrupt parties in the western world, in my experience.

My question with regards to 'centrism in the pursuit of centrism' is always: where do you draw the line? If the centre ground of the electorate suddenly decided that the NHS is evulll communism and needs to be privatised, then would Blairites and Cameroons argue for that position for the sake of electability, or would they attempt to convince the electorate that it is mistaken? Well we know the answer (hint: the former) but the latter is vastly more desirable imo.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

'Centrism' is an ideology.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Centrism in the pursuit of centrism leads to like the most corrupt parties in the western world, in my experience.

My question with regards to 'centrism in the pursuit of centrism' is always: where do you draw the line? If the centre ground of the electorate suddenly decided that the NHS is evulll communism and needs to be privatised, then would Blairites and Cameroons argue for that position for the sake of electability, or would they attempt to convince the electorate that it is mistaken? Well we know the answer (hint: the former) but the latter is vastly more desirable imo.

Politicians since the late 80s - early 90s seem to have completely forgotten the very notion of trying to convince voters of anything.

[Antonio the Sixth]

'Centrism' is an ideology.

No it's not.

[OSR stands with Israel]

In totality centrism(fiscal conservative, social liberal, foreign policy pragmatist) but on the budget im ideological purity.If i was speaker i would demand at least 400 billion dollars in spending cuts and the only compromise is what things get cut not the amount.

Anybody who demands spending cuts based on dollar figures rather than the scope of government has no coherent ideology.

I want across the government cuts in everything but VA , and infastructure

[Figueira]

Both are meaningless in a vacuum.

[Figueira]

'Centrism' is an ideology.

No it's not.

It's not an ideology in itself, but it could refer to an ideology in specific contexts. For example, centrism in the United States is different from centrism in Sweden.