Conservative classifications include fiscal conservatives, social conservatives, libertarians (who sometimes argue they are neither conservative nor liberal), and the much-maligned neoconservatives. I'm not quite sure yet where the Edmund Burke/Kirk Russell followers would fit.
It would follow, then, that Centrists will include sub-species as well. Utterly speculating here, there might be Pragmatists, Realists, Fiscally Conservative Social Moderates, Poll Reading Straddlers (a brand of politicians, not voters), Moderate Republicans and Conservative Democrats.
I'm a Fiscally Conservative Social Moderate. I believe I have lots of company, but I'll need some hard data to back that up. Hopefully some enterprising political scientists have conducted polls that break out these nuances.
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