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/* ==========================================================================
   Why Consensus Economics — natural heading alignment
   Prevent legacy theme justification from stretching words apart.
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/* Headings in the three-up strength cards should wrap only where needed. */
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/* Process heading: keep the complete statement on one line on wide screens. */
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   Keep the same eyebrow-to-H1 rhythm as the Recent Data hero, including
   the theme's 1.5em heading top padding. */
@media (min-width: 1000px) {
    .why-consensus-hero {
        width: min(1180px, calc(100% - 64px));
        max-width: 1180px;
        padding: 66px 0 56px;
    }

    .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-hero h1 {
        display: block;
        width: 100%;
        max-width: none;
        margin: 0 0 20px ;
        padding: clamp(24px, 2.5vw, 36px) 0 0 ;
        clear: none ;
        font-size: clamp(48px, 4.45vw, 60px) ;
        text-align: center ;
        text-align-last: center ;
        text-indent: 0 ;
    }

    .why-consensus-hero > p {
        display: block;
        width: 100%;
        max-width: none;
        margin: 0 ;
        padding: 0 ;
        font-size: 18px;
        text-align: center ;
        text-align-last: center ;
        text-indent: 0 ;
    }

    /* Every forced line occupies the same full-width row.
       This prevents long lines from overflowing to the right while shorter
       lines appear centred. */
    .why-consensus-hero h1 > span,
    .why-consensus-hero > p > span {
        display: block;
        position: static ;
        float: none ;
        width: 100% ;
        max-width: none ;
        margin: 0 ;
        padding: 0 ;
        left: auto ;
        right: auto ;
        transform: none ;
        white-space: nowrap;
        text-align: center ;
        text-align-last: center ;
        text-indent: 0 ;
    }
}

/* Below wide desktop widths, preserve the intended line breaks but allow
   each line to wrap safely rather than overflow. */
@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1199px) {
    .why-consensus-hero h1 > span,
    .why-consensus-hero > p > span {
        white-space: normal;
    }
}

/* ==========================================================================
   Hero line centring — final wide-desktop correction
   Centre each forced line by its own rendered width, rather than centring
   text inside a full-width child block. This avoids the visual right-shift
   seen on the long first heading line and second intro line.
   ========================================================================== */
@media (min-width: 1200px) {
    .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-hero h1,
    .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-hero > p {
        display: flex ;
        flex-direction: column ;
        align-items: center ;
        justify-content: center ;
        width: 100% ;
        max-width: none ;
        text-align: center ;
        text-align-last: center ;
        text-indent: 0 ;
    }

    .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-hero h1 > span,
    .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-hero > p > span {
        display: block ;
        position: static ;
        float: none ;
        width: max-content ;
        max-width: 100% ;
        align-self: center ;
        margin-left: auto ;
        margin-right: auto ;
        padding-left: 0 ;
        padding-right: 0 ;
        left: auto ;
        right: auto ;
        transform: none ;
        white-space: nowrap ;
        text-align: center ;
        text-align-last: center ;
        text-indent: 0 ;
    }
}

/* ==========================================================================
   Shared pre-footer CTA system — canonical light treatment
   ========================================================================== */
.why-consensus-cta {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 300px;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 42px;
    padding: 44px 48px;
    border: 1px solid #d6e2eb;
    border-radius: 12px;
    background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f7f9fb 0%, #fff 66%);
}

.why-consensus-cta h2 {
    margin: 10px 0 0;
    color: #153b5c;
    font-size: 30px;
    font-weight: 650;
    line-height: 1.2;
}

.why-consensus-cta p {
    max-width: 700px;
    margin: 10px 0 0;
    color: #5d6f7d;
    font-size: 16px;
    line-height: 1.65;
}

.why-consensus-cta-actions {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: stretch;
    justify-content: center;
    width: 300px;
    min-width: 300px;
    max-width: 300px;
    gap: 10px;
}

.why-consensus-cta-actions .why-consensus-button {
    width: 100% ;
    min-width: 0 ;
    height: 46px;
    min-height: 46px;
    padding: 0 20px;
}

.why-consensus-cta-actions .why-consensus-text-link {
    width: 100%;
    justify-content: center;
    text-align: center;
    text-align-last: center;
}

@media (max-width: 980px) {
    .why-consensus-cta {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        gap: 24px;
    }

    .why-consensus-cta-actions {
        width: min(100%, 300px);
        min-width: 0;
        max-width: 300px;
    }
}

@media (max-width: 767px) {
    .why-consensus-cta {
        padding: 28px 22px;
        border-radius: 9px;
    }

    .why-consensus-cta-actions {
        width: 100%;
        max-width: none;
    }
}

/* Final CTA geometry lock: both action buttons must render identically. */
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-cta-actions {
    display: flex ;
    flex-direction: column ;
    gap: 10px ;
}

.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-cta-actions > a.why-consensus-button {
    display: flex ;
    flex: 0 0 46px ;
    box-sizing: border-box ;
    width: 300px ;
    min-width: 300px ;
    max-width: 300px ;
    height: 46px ;
    min-height: 46px ;
    max-height: 46px ;
    margin: 0 ;
    padding: 0 20px ;
    align-items: center ;
    justify-content: center ;
}

@media (max-width: 767px) {

    .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-cta-actions > a.why-consensus-button {
        width: 100% ;
        min-width: 0 ;
        max-width: none ;
    }
}


/* ==========================================================================
   Why Consensus Economics — evidence panel contrast fix
   Keep dark-section copy legible after site-wide body-colour normalisation.
   ========================================================================== */
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-evidence .why-consensus-evidence-copy > p {
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.86) ;
}

.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-evidence .why-consensus-evidence-points p {
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.86) ;
}

.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-evidence .why-consensus-evidence-points strong {
    color: #ffffff ;
}

.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-evidence .why-consensus-inline-link,
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-evidence .why-consensus-inline-link:link,
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-evidence .why-consensus-inline-link:visited {
    color: #bfe4fb ;
}


/* CEI — external separation after Common Questions */
.why-consensus-page .cei-common-faq ~ .why-consensus-cta,
.cei-common-faq ~ .why-consensus-cta {
    margin-top: 32px ;
}
@media (max-width: 767px) {
    .why-consensus-page .cei-common-faq ~ .why-consensus-cta,
    .cei-common-faq ~ .why-consensus-cta {
        margin-top: 24px ;
    }
}


/* CEI — calmer editorial hero weight */
@media (min-width: 768px) {
    .why-consensus-hero h1 {
        font-weight: 550 ;
        line-height: 1.08 ;
    }
}
@media (max-width: 767px) {
    .why-consensus-hero h1 {
        font-weight: 600 ;
    }
}


/* CEI — final hero CTA pair geometry: hierarchy by fill, not dimensions. */
@media (min-width: 768px) {
    .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-hero-actions {
        display: flex ;
        flex-direction: row ;
        align-items: center ;
        justify-content: center ;
        gap: 20px ;
    }

    .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-hero-actions > .why-consensus-button {
        box-sizing: border-box ;
        flex: 0 0 252px ;
        width: 252px ;
        min-width: 252px ;
        max-width: 252px ;
        height: 42px ;
        min-height: 42px ;
        max-height: 42px ;
        margin: 0 ;
        padding: 0 18px ;
        justify-content: center ;
    }



/* ==========================================================================
   CEI — authoritative Why Consensus hero CTA layout
   Page-owned rule: equal geometry, centered pair, fill/outline hierarchy.
   ========================================================================== */

    body .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-hero .why-consensus-hero-actions {
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 252px);
        justify-content: center;
        align-items: stretch;
        gap: 20px;
        width: auto;
        max-width: none;
        margin-left: auto;
        margin-right: auto;
    }

    body .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-hero .why-consensus-hero-actions > a.why-consensus-button {
        box-sizing: border-box;
        display: inline-flex;
        align-items: center;
        justify-content: center;
        width: 252px;
        min-width: 252px;
        max-width: 252px;
        height: 42px;
        min-height: 42px;
        max-height: 42px;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0 18px;
    }
}

@media (max-width: 767px) {
    body .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-hero .why-consensus-hero-actions {
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        gap: 12px;
        width: 100%;
    }

    body .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-hero .why-consensus-hero-actions > a.why-consensus-button {
        width: 100% ;
        min-width: 0 ;
        max-width: none ;
    }
}


/* ==========================================================================
   CEI — Why Consensus closing CTA: one button system
   All three actions are real buttons with identical geometry.
   ========================================================================== */
@media (min-width: 768px) {
    .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-cta {
        grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 300px ;
        gap: 56px ;
        align-items: center ;
    }

    .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-cta-actions {
        display: grid ;
        grid-template-columns: 1fr ;
        gap: 12px ;
        width: 300px ;
        min-width: 300px ;
        max-width: 300px ;
        justify-self: end ;
        margin: 0 ;
    }

    .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-cta-actions > .why-consensus-button {
        box-sizing: border-box;
        display: inline-flex;
        align-items: center;
        justify-content: center;
        width: 300px;
        min-width: 300px;
        max-width: 300px;
        height: 42px;
        min-height: 42px;
        max-height: 42px;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0 18px;
        border-width: 1px;
        border-style: solid;
        border-radius: 6px;
        font-size: 13px;
        font-weight: 600;
        line-height: 1;
        text-align: center;
        text-decoration: none;
        transform: none;
    }
}

@media (max-width: 767px) {
    .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-cta-actions {
        display: grid ;
        gap: 10px ;
        margin-top: 24px ;
    }

    .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-cta-actions > .why-consensus-button {
        width: 100% ;
        min-width: 0 ;
        max-width: none ;
        height: 42px ;
        min-height: 42px ;
        max-height: 42px ;
    }
}

/* ==========================================================================
   Accuracy & evidence — dark-section heading contrast
   Keep the evidence headline white even when higher-specificity global
   editorial heading rules are loaded after this page stylesheet.
   ========================================================================== */
body.page-template-page-why-consensus-economics #primary .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-evidence #why-evidence-title,
body.page-why-consensus-economics #primary .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-evidence #why-evidence-title,
#primary .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-evidence #why-evidence-title {
    color: #ffffff;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   CEI 2026-10-01 — Why Consensus closing CTA exact-width ownership
   This is a vertical three-button stack, so it must not inherit the shared
   horizontal/equal-pair CTA system. One 300px grid track owns all three actions.
   ========================================================================== */
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-cta-actions {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 300px;
    grid-auto-flow: row;
    grid-auto-rows: 46px;
    width: 300px;
    min-width: 300px;
    max-width: 300px;
    gap: 12px;
    align-items: stretch;
    justify-items: stretch;
    justify-self: end;
    margin: 0;
}

.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-cta-actions > a.why-consensus-button,
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-cta-actions > a.why-consensus-button:link,
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-cta-actions > a.why-consensus-button:visited {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    display: flex;
    grid-column: 1;
    width: 100%;
    min-width: 100%;
    max-width: 100%;
    height: 46px;
    min-height: 46px;
    max-height: 46px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0 20px;
    align-self: stretch;
    justify-self: stretch;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    transform: none;
}

@media (max-width: 767px) {
    .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-cta-actions {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        width: 100%;
        min-width: 0;
        max-width: none;
        justify-self: stretch;
    }
}

/* ==========================================================================
   CEI 2026-10-01 — Why Consensus hero lighter editorial type
   Match the refined informational-page hero treatment.
   ========================================================================== */
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-hero h1 {
    font-family: var(--cei-font-editorial, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif);
    font-size: clamp(40px, 4.275vw, 51.3px);
    font-weight: 400;
    font-style: normal;
    line-height: 1.05;
    letter-spacing: -.03em;
}

@media (max-width: 767px) {
    .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-hero h1 {
        font-size: 35px;
        line-height: 1.08;
        letter-spacing: -.025em;
    }
}


/* Real sample pages share the evidence space, without redundant captions. */
.why-consensus-evidence-example {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
    align-items: start;
    gap: 14px;
    min-width: 0;
    margin-top: 12px;
    padding: 16px;
    border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.15);
    border-radius: 8px;
    background: rgba(255,255,255,.06);
}
.why-consensus-evidence-example > a {
    display: block;
    min-width: 0;
}
.why-consensus-evidence-example img {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    background: #fff;
}
@media (max-width: 620px) {
    .why-consensus-evidence-example {
        gap: 10px;
        padding: 12px;
    }
}

/* Why Consensus Economics: scroll-triggered, opacity-only card reveals.
   Visibility is gated by JavaScript support; headings and surrounding layout stay static. */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
    .why-consensus-page.why-consensus-reveals-ready .why-consensus-strength,
    .why-consensus-page.why-consensus-reveals-ready .why-consensus-process-grid > li {
        transition: opacity 1500ms cubic-bezier(0.42, 0, 0.58, 1);
    }

    .why-consensus-page.why-consensus-reveals-ready .why-consensus-strength:not(.why-consensus-reveal-visible),
    .why-consensus-page.why-consensus-reveals-ready .why-consensus-process-grid > li:not(.why-consensus-reveal-visible) {
        opacity: 0;
    }
}


/* CEI 2026 — Our Methodology editorial consistency pass.
   Page-scoped refinements only; original hero treatment and content unchanged. */

.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-section-heading h2,
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-process h2 {font-weight: 550; letter-spacing: -.027em; line-height: 1.17;}
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-strength h3,
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-process-grid h3 {font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -.01em; line-height: 1.28;}
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-strength p,
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-process-grid p {line-height: 1.62;}
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-strength-number,
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-process-grid .why-consensus-step-number {font-weight: 650 ;}
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-strength {padding-top: 27px ; padding-bottom: 28px ;}
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-process-grid li {padding-top: 26px ; padding-bottom: 28px ;}
.why-consensus-page .why-consensus-button:focus-visible {outline: 3px solid #2876b1; outline-offset: 3px;}
@media (max-width: 767px) {
 .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-section-heading h2,
 .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-process h2 {font-size: clamp(24px, 6vw, 27px);}
 .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-strength h3,
 .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-process-grid h3 {font-size: 20px ;}
 .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-strength p,
 .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-process-grid p {font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.58;}
 .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-strength {padding-top: 23px ; padding-bottom: 24px ;}
 .why-consensus-page .why-consensus-process-grid li {padding-top: 23px ; padding-bottom: 24px ;}
}