Question

During President Clinton's 1996 reelection bid, he used a political strategy later termed "triangulation," where he adopted some of the most popular Republican policies like welfare reform, making his opponents' positions seem extreme among middle-class voters. T or F?

Answer 1

Answer:

The statement is true. During President Clinton's 1996 reelection bid, he used a political strategy later termed "triangulation," where he adopted some of the most popular Republican policies like welfare reform, making his opponents' positions seem extreme among middle-class voters.

Explanation:

Triangulation is a concept within politics which means that in basic political issues one seeks to find a third position between one's own and one that the opponent represents in order to be able to attract the often decisive group of voters in the political midfield.

The term triangulation was originally coined by Bill Clinton's former chief adviser DickMorris, as a way of describing his strategy to get Clinton re-elected as president in the 1996 election. Morris advocated a policy that was far more liberal with the Republican Party, while it differed from its own Democratic Party in traditional matters. Clinton was described as having used the method primarily when he began to receive weak support in Congress. The NAFTA free trade agreement of 1993 and the reform of social grants of 1996 are two examples of triangulation.