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Centrists? In most of the world they’d be considered strongly right-leaning.
"right", "left", and "center" are arbitrary points. They aren't defined by Democrats, Republicans, or International politics. That's why I prefer terms like "conservative", "leftist", "reactionary", "fascist", etc. Those are actual ideologies without arbitrary boundaries. Otherwise, you're bound by the Overton window, which is always changing. The "centrist" Democrats are mostly conservative, unlike Republicans, who are mostly fascist.