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    Extremism at the center: Uncovering political diversity among midpoint responders on the left–right self-placement item
    (Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Society of Political Psychology, 2025-10-22) Clarke EJR; Eckerle F; Kerr JR; Hill SR; Ling M; Marques MD; Williams MN
    The midpoint of the left-right self-placement item is hiding important political diversity, and may be conflating moderate responders with populists and other political sub-groups. Survey researchers should consider this problem when examining relationships between political orientation and political attitudes. We suggest testing for non-linearity in these relationships, and measuring anti-establishment and populist beliefs separately. Researchers interested in building theories explaining the psychological underpinnings of ideological extremism should also consider the possibility that a qualitatively different type of ideological extremist self-places on the midpoint.