Moderate is an ideological category which designates a rejection of radical politics, radical or extremism, extreme views, especially in regard to politics and religion. A moderate is considered someone occupying any mainstream position avoiding extreme views. In Political ideologies in the United States#Comparison to global politics, American politics, a moderate is considered someone occupying a Centrism#United States, centre position on the Left–right political spectrum#United_States, left–right political spectrum.

Political position

Japan

Japan's right-wing Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has traditionally been divided into two main factions: the based on bureaucratic "conservative mainstream" (保守本流) and the hawkish nationalist "conservative anti-mainstream" (保守傍流). Among them, "conservative mainstream" is also considered a moderate wing within the LDP. The LDP's faction ''Kōchikai'', is considered a moderate wing. The current LDP has conflicts between Moderate nationalism, moderate patriotist and Ultranationalism, extreme nationalist supporters. Democratic Socialist Party (Japan), Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) is formed by a group of politicians who splintered off of the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) in 1960. The party advocated a moderate social-democratic politics and supported the U.S.-Japan Alliance. The party has supported neoliberalism since the 1980s, and was disbanded in 1994. Right Socialist Party of Japan, Moderates social-democrats of the JSP formed the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) with conservative-liberal New Party Sakigake, Sakigake and other moderates of the LDP. Most of the DPJ's mainstream factions moved to the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), but the former DPJ's right-wing moved to the Democratic Party for the People after 2019.

United States

In recent years, the term ''political moderates'' has gained traction as a buzzword. The existence of the ideal moderate is disputed because of a lack of a moderate political ideology. Voters who describe themselves as centrist often mean that they are moderate in their political views, advocating neither extreme left-wing politics, left-wing nor right-wing politics. Gallup Organization, Gallup polling indicated that American voters identified as moderate between 35–38% of the time during the 1990s and 2000s. Voters may identify with moderation for a number of reasons: pragmatic, ideological, or otherwise. It has also been suggested that individuals vote for centrist parties for purely statistical reasons.

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* Centrism Political terminology {{poli-term-stub

Political position

Japan

United States

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