Politics in Question

Does Moderation Matter?

December 19, 2025·38 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

In this week’s episode of Politics in Question, Lee and James dive into the “moderate debate.” They discuss Lee’s recent Substack essay, The Moderation Debate Fiddles with 2% While Democracy’s Dimensionality Collapses.Should parties move to the center? How do we define “moderate”? And what would it take to reinvigorate dimensionality in party politics? These are some of the questions Lee and James ask in this week’s episode.Links to the previous episodes referenced:Why do Americans use primary elections to select candidates for office? (featuring Robert Boatright)How did the Great Migration help shape today's politics? (featuring Keneshia Grant) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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