A lot of political science is not really relative. I mean, you can understand the Democrats' and Republicans' positions as relative to each other or even to the

A lot of political science is not really relative. I mean, you can understand the Democrats' and Republicans' positions as relative to each other or even to themselves since they're both always changing, but a reactionary position is by definition more conservative than a progressive position. Calling the median between today's US Democrats and Republicans "moderate" or "centrist" is not really indicative of any political theory. I really think the problem is Democrat and Republican are too closely thought of as "left" and "right" or "liberal" and "conservative", however, the parties are distinct from the political theory.