PeterLucas wrote:
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> "Pete C." > wrote in
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> > The ultimate problem is the majority
> > of the population is quite centrist,
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> Would that be the same as apathetic fence sitters?

Unfortunately, no, it wouldn't. The apathetic fence sitters are mostly
the younger folks who are either so disgusted that the don't vote, or so
clueless that they vote for marginal candidates that don't have a chance
of winning. The rest of us centrists are stuck trying to decide which of
the only two real choices is the least bad.

Pete C.