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Centrism on the 12 Axes

Centrism is a political stance that sits between left and right, taking positions from both sides case by case and favoring compromise, moderation and gradual change.

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50Fed50Dem50Sec50Int50Mil50Ass50Equ50Pla50Pro50Sec50Pro50AccGovernmentDiplomacyEconomySociety

Centrism Scores on Each Axis

Government

Structure Centrist

50%50%

FederalUnitary

Representation Centrist

50%50%

DemocraticAutocratic

Power Centrist

50%50%

SecurityFreedom

Diplomacy

Intervention Non-Interventionist

50%50%

InternationalistNationalist

Diplomacy Neutral

50%50%

MilitaristPacifist

Immigration Centrist

50%50%

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Economy

Economy Mixed Economy

50%50%

EqualityMarkets

Control Balanced

50%50%

PlannedLaissez-Faire

Trade Moderate

50%50%

ProtectionistGlobalist

Society

Religion Moderate

50%50%

SecularReligious

Culture Moderate

50%50%

ProgressiveTraditional

Technology Neutral

50%50%

AccelerationBioconservative

What Centrism Stands For

Centrism is less a doctrine than a habit of seeking the middle ground. Centrists judge issues one at a time, borrowing market policies from the right and social programs from the left when they seem to work. The idea has older roots in Aristotle's praise of the mean, and in modern politics it shows up in movements such as the Third Way of the 1990s (Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Gerhard Schröder) and in centrist parties across Europe and Latin America. Centrists value stable institutions, pragmatic coalitions and avoiding sharp breaks. Compared with Liberalism, centrism has no strong commitment to social progress; compared with Moderate Conservatism, it has no strong commitment to tradition. A result near the middle on all twelve axes means you have no dominant pull in any direction.

Answers That Lead to Centrism

  • You land near the middle on Equality and Markets and on Planned and Laissez-faire: you accept a market economy with public services and regulation where they help.
  • You sit between Progressive and Traditional and between Secular and Religious: you prefer gradual change and dislike culture wars from either side.
  • Your Democratic, Security and Internationalist scores are moderate: you back existing institutions, some international cooperation and order balanced with civil liberties.

Ideologies Close to Centrism

Countries and Figures Near Centrism

Countries

  1. Italy84%
  2. Ecuador80%
  3. Bolivia80%

Figures

  1. JPJordan Peterson75%
  2. BOBarack Obama73%
  3. EBEdmund Burke71%

Editorial reference profile: our own scores from public positions and records, not a test they took.