In an American Presidential campaign, that in many ways reflects the extreme ranges of social polarisation in current US society between 'immigrants' and 'natives', rich and poor, low tax and high tax, colour and religion, etc, there is always one thread to the US story that recurs, and its the one that deals with the powers of central government (federal) control, versus local state control.
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| American Constitution Subject To Change |
The US constitution naturally leans toward the states retaining as much
local control over their governance as possible, whilst the reality of
21st century politics, often pulls power to the centre.
