I consider myself an accidental moderate. I look for the best answer. I don't turn off my brain and bow down to any specific party or platform.
By contrast, I make up my own mind on each individual issue. I believe strongly in restrictive and controlled legal immigration, orchestrated in a manner that maximally benefits the citizenry to which a government is beholden. I support anti-trust enforcement. I am in favor of legalized abortion. I am opposed to wealth taxes that might trigger capital flight. I am in favor of progressive property tax levies on luxury homes. I am strongly in favor of solar geo-engineering as a solution to climate change (unlike progressives). I am deeply opposed to tariffs as a mechanism to remedy the woes of the disenfranchised. I support right to work laws.
I do not have a political home. I choose what I see as good sense and it aligns with no party. THAT is what a true moderate is.
Yeah, purity tests are the hallmark of the political center