A report on Democratic Party (United States), Republican Party (United States), Bill Clinton and Centrism

Its main political rival has been the Republican Party since the 1850s.

Since the mid-1850s, it has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party.

In the modern day, it is a big-tent coalition that encompasses a wide variety of ideological factions, including but not limited to conservatives, libertarians, and right-leaning centrists.

A member of the Democratic Party, Clinton became known as a New Democrat, as many of his policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy.

In the modern day, it is a big-tent coalition that encompasses a wide variety of ideological factions, including but not limited to liberals and left-leaning centrists.

Clinton was elected president in the 1992 presidential election, defeating incumbent Republican president George H. W. Bush and independent businessman Ross Perot.

Arkansas governor Bill Clinton was one such figure, who was elected president in 1992 as the Democratic nominee.

Independent politician and businessman Ross Perot decried NAFTA and prophesied it would lead to outsourcing American jobs to Mexico, while Democrat Bill Clinton found agreement in Bush's policies.

Harry Truman, who served as U.S. president from 1945 until 1953, is regarded as a centrist Democrat, while Dwight Eisenhower, who was the president from 1953 to 1961, is regarded as a centrist Republican.

Independent candidate H. Ross Perot, who focused on pragmatic issues like a balanced budget and was viewed as a populist centrist, garnered nearly 19% of the popular vote in the 1992 presidential election, even though he ran against Bill Clinton, a center-left Democrat, and George H.W. Bush, a center-right Republican.