Federalism

Federalism, a defining force in American politics, is a system of government where two or more governments share authority over the same territory. This is just the case in the United States where our national government shares power with each state to govern its citizens. Today there exists a cooperative federalist system in which its primary features include the sharing of functions between state and national governments along with exclusive powers for each as well. …

…conflicting ones. Therefore I conclude that the strongest feature in American federalism that prevents extremism is diversity. There are simply too many voices needed to be heard and obviously contribute to checking our authorities, and although political apathy has increased and can allow for one entity to become too powerful. Diversity will always prevail in the expression of ideas and what happens in legislation and I believe that is why our system is so revered.