Talk:Centrism

Dems
American Democratic Party "Centrist"? I think most of the world would see it as right of centre. Scream!! (talk) 14:37, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The description is very fuzzy, I'd say they still qualify in the most basic sense that they'd like to have a market-based economy without throwing the poor under the bus. America is a bit of a special case since both parties have moved steadily to the right over the last 20 years - Clinton's Democrats would have easily qualified as "centrist" even when compared to their European counterparts, whereas Obama is basically Reagan reborn. There are a lot of Democratic base voters who are deeply dissatisfied with his policies and whose preferences are much further left, though, so I'd say the party as a whole is still centrist. Röstigraben (talk) 14:44, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
 * "They don't even support universal healthcare, and still favor private insurers, just as one example." Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Belgium, and the Netherlands would all be surprised to learn that universal health care and private insurers are apparently mutually exclusive.
 * Awww, the Democratic Party writeup is gone. I thought they were perfect for the article following the New Democrats under Clinton (who repealed Glass Steagal and passed DOMA). Now, if you wanna say they're not even centrist and more center-right, all right, that's fine. Serocco 06:36, 2 November 2015 (UTC)