> I'm not sure "centrist" is really a thing because I'm not sure voters fall on a simple left/right spectrum "Centrist" is simply the idea of focusing on agree

> I'm not sure "centrist" is really a thing because I'm not sure voters fall on a simple left/right spectrum "Centrist" is simply the idea of focusing on agreements, areas where there exists broad consensus, and leaving the other issues for later. Americans agree on many issues, but Congress focuses on where we disagree (job security I guess). I'm not sure why you think there isn't a center in American politics... the media oversimplifies political discourse, but the center still exists in higher dimensions.