Go back a while, and Democrats looked tribal, prompting the centrist shifts of the Clinton era.
Two factors have pushed election expenses upwards in India in recent times: the organizational weakness of centrist parties and a shift in the perception from politics as public service to politics as business.
There were no indications that there would be a major shift in policies by the often fractious coalition government of centrists and Social Democrats.
Regardless, the Bloomberg administration's conclusion reflects a significant shift in its policy toward the homeless, which has followed the mayor's centrist philosophy of mixing the social safety net with personal responsibility.
Even after he left office a year ago, the Conservative opposition looked doomed, and its smooth, centrist leader, David Cameron, destined to be another in a sequence of short-lived Tory would-be prime ministers.Yet the shift in British politics is now palpable.
Why the shift in perspective?
Shift in frame of reference.
