Where Has Moderation Gone?

The United States primaries are partially to blame for the creation of the divided country and polarized political landscape we have today. To have a chance at winning the U.S. presidency, candidates first must win their party’s primary. There are many factors that go into winning a primary, but none of these are the ability to woo a centrist audience or voters who are uncertain about which party to support. Instead, candidates often slide further away from the center of the national political s