Here is another possible solution (which might be bad in other respects):
Maybe a formal declaration of membership only serves to increase the visibility of the group (by boosting numbers on their website). The actual position on issues cannot be “influenced”. Instead, the New Center platform preforms imperial surveys of the general population to find issues on which there is broad agreement.
Or: official bloc membership might get you a voice in determining which issues get put on the surveys. But ultimately the surveys determine the New Center position.
This would make it difficult to take over the New Center and make it a mouthpiece for non-moderates (albeit not impossible).
Here is another possible solution (which might be bad in other respects):
Maybe a formal declaration of membership only serves to increase the visibility of the group (by boosting numbers on their website). The actual position on issues cannot be “influenced”. Instead, the New Center platform preforms imperial surveys of the general population to find issues on which there is broad agreement.
Or: official bloc membership might get you a voice in determining which issues get put on the surveys. But ultimately the surveys determine the New Center position.
This would make it difficult to take over the New Center and make it a mouthpiece for non-moderates (albeit not impossible).