Centrism
![Joachim Gauck, the current German president who is a centrist politician and activist without party affiliation. In 1990 he took part in the Alliance 90, having become an independent after its merger with The Greens.](/Images/godic/202501/03/2010-11-29_JoachimGauck_2110644.JPG")
![Campaign for the Norwegian Centre Party at Nærbø. Like its Finnish and Swedish counterparts, the party has a strong focus on decentralisation, rural and agrarian issues.](/Images/godic/202501/03/Senterpartiet_campaining_Norwegian_Storting_elections_2005_Picture_from_Nærbø_at_Jæren0644.JPG")
![Ross Perot, former United States Presidential candidate in the 1992 and 1996 elections.](/Images/godic/202501/03/Ross_Perot0644.jpg")
In politics, centrism or the centre is a political outlook or specific position that involves acceptance or support of a balance of a degree of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy; while opposing political changes which would result in a significant shift of society either strongly to the left or the right. Centre-left and centre-right politics both involve a general association with centrism combined while leaning somewhat to their respective sides of the spectrum.