as in moderate
a person who holds moderate views
since the party's middle-of-the-roaders often lack verve, the activists inevitably nominate some extremist who can't win in the general election
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With liberals and moderates often at odds on key issues, the state party chairman is the one who plays the role of keeping the party together.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
20 July 2025 -
Republicans have been split among different factions for a long time – there are MAGA Republicans, traditional conservatives and right moderates, who once were the foundation of the GOP but who’ve lost influence in the past decade.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
18 July 2025
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Also on Monday, Republicans learned that Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a swing-district centrist and occasional critic of Trump, will not be running for reelection.—
Emily Martin,
The Hill,
30 June 2025
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Mamdani, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, represented the left of the candidate spectrum, with Cuomo, a centrist who appointed many Republicans to his administration, on its right.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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