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Josiah Bartlet's centrists (archetype)
Poll-tested progress
The spin-doctor's centre-left.
Economic+8
SocialistMarket
Governance+24
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+34
TraditionalProgressive
An archetype for the Third Way's backroom — the message-disciplined adviser who fuses progressive aims with market acceptance and relentless poll-testing, the engine room of 1990s centre-left politics.
social
Progressive, but always within the electable centre.
economic
Market-friendly, focus-grouped economic moderation.
governance
Disciplined message control and incremental reform.
Notable for
- The 'war room' archetype
- Message discipline
- Triangulated progress
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