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The three factions sat in different sections of the large assembly hall, with the [[radicals]] (liberals) sitting on the left, the moderates sitting in the center, and the Conservatives sitting on the right.  That gave rise to the left-center-right terminology that we still use today in the United States to describe these three political groups.

The three factions sat in different sections of the large assembly hall, with the [[radicals]] (liberals) sitting on the left, the moderates sitting in the center, and the Conservatives sitting on the right.  That gave rise to the left-center-right terminology that we still use today in the United States to describe these three political groups.

The number of people who consider themselves moderates in the United States historically ouweighed those who consider themselves liberal or conservative, and that number remained constant since the middle 1970s.<ref>http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=444</ref> A more recent [[Gallup]] poll from 2009 showed that that has changed, though, and more people identify as conservative now.<ref>http://www.gallup.com/poll/120857/Conservatives-Single-Largest-Ideological-Group.aspx</ref>

The number of people who consider themselves moderates in the United States historically ouweighed those who consider themselves liberal or conservative, and that number remained constant since the middle 1970s.<ref>http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=444</ref> A more recent [[Gallup]] poll from 2009 showed that that has changed, though, and more people identify as conservative now.<ref>https://www.gallup.com/poll/120857/Conservatives-Single-Largest-Ideological-Group.aspx</ref>

==Quotes about Moderates==

==Quotes about Moderates==