In the wake of the sweeping Republican victory on election day, in which basically half the country voted one way and the other half voted the other, there’s a need for Americans of all stripes, and those without stripes, to find some common ground.
One area of potential agreement is “localism.” There are eat local and shop local movements. And data show people of all political persuasions also favor a govern local approach to solving many of our problems
In 2015, one survey showed a 64%-26% majority of Americans feel “more progress” comes from the local level than at the federal level. A 2014 Gallup poll reported that 72% of Americans trust their local government more than their state government.
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