Definition of "middle-ground" [mid•dle-ground]

• That part of a picture between the foreground and the background. (noun)

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• "Below the threshold sit millions of middle-ground voters who have a reasonable expectation that if they work hard and knuckle down they will, in time, reach a level of income where they too will have to pay higher rate tax."
• "This is a modernized, mainstream, middle-ground Conservative party, he told the BBC."
• "The party's campaign was widely derided — senior Labour figures profess themselves amazed at at how inept it was — and the Tories seemed to struggle to construct a coherent case that could be understood by aspirational middle-ground voters."