"Centrist" in America is just "far-right but doesn't talk about it very loudly"

I thought centrist stayed in the center, but left or right moves far in one direction. So in relatively speaking, you maybe right, but not absolutely.

But this particular one does?..

> "Centrist" in America is just "far-right but doesn't talk about it very loudly"

Centrist in America means institutionalist, i.e. gunning for the status quo. That's going to piss off lefist and right-wing fanatics because both want to blow up the status quo. (They tend to be seen as a spoiler for progressives and conservatives. Think: Joe Manchin or Susan Collins.)