Look, American Politics is/should be about finding the middle ground that suits the population as a whole. WHAT???? The Least Common Denominator of Freedom?
Nay. That's democracy, not a Constitutional Republic which protects individual rights.
Well, I will grant you that your definition is correct. But the reality is that that is the only way that you'll get around hardcore partisans on the left, and single-issue voters on the right.