Mitt Romney -- New Hampshire Win Shows Political Theory Reigns Supreme (ContributorNetwork)

COMMENTARY | Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire primary right after winning the Iowa caucus, according to Fox News. The voters have shown one of the major theories of modern political science still holds true, no matter what pundits and political extremists believe. As a political scientist, I see the Bell Curve of politics still reigns supreme.

With the Occupy movement and the tea party being recent prevalent in people's political minds, many believe the country sits on ends of the political line. Modern political science teaches the idea of the political line actually running in a bell formation. The line starts at the left and ends on the right, but there is an upswing and downswing in the middle. Romney appeals more to the middle than any other politicians running right now.

Even the Fox News exit polls show a large percentage of people stating their independence from political parties or extremes. We are a nation which is made up of a large portion of independents. The lower percentages of people state they are strongly liberal or strictly conservative. New Hampshire is not a standout in having most people falling in or near the middle; it is a representation of the American people.

When President Barack Obama ran in 2008, he pressed the point of being the one who would bridge the gap between the two parties. He would be the one to usher in a new era of bipartisanship. He made sense to those people sitting in or near the middle, so he won the election. While he might have had his liberal base to support him, it was the moderates which pushed him forward. It is those moderates which can push Romney forward.

If you look across the spectrum of the Republican nominees, most have been trying to prove how rightest they are. Jon Huntsman and Ron Paul have tried to point out how they are different from the rest but have not attempted to speak directly to the middle. Many have also tried to point out how liberal Romney is. Instead of hurting Romney, they have done nothing but help him. While a party base can help support you, it is still the middle which will propel you.

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