[jolmg]

Political extremes will be extreme. Centrists can hold both.

[inigyou]

AFAIK this generally isn't true. About the centrists, I mean. Most self-identified centrists are just moderate right-wingers.

[jolmg]

It's all relative on a spectrum to one's personal perspective, I imagine. Kind of like how most people might self-identify as middle-class, but wouldn't identify others as such when comparing to themselves.