Spotlight Series: Unpacking the Middle

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Despite consistent and widespread interest in third-party politics, recent, record-low ratings for the US Congress, and the ever-widening political chasm between the left and the right, America remains as firmly ensconced in the two-party system as ever. Often left out of the political fray are the voices, experiences, and aims of the so-called moderate middle. Who comprises this group? How do they influence American politics at levels from local to national? And what does the future portend for the role of the middle in healing our divide and possibly escaping the persistent oversimplifications that a binary system presents to US voters? Politicians and academics join the conversation sparked by these timely questions.

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