A Decentralized Politics.

DECENTRALIZATION in government -- United States; POWER (Social sciences) -- United States; REPUBLICAN Party (U.S. : 1854- ); TRUMP, Donald, 1946-; POLITICAL parties -- United States -- Social aspects; REPUBLICANS -- Attitudes; CONSTITUTIONALISM -- United States; FEDERAL government -- United States

NEEDHAM, MICHAEL; RESES, JACOB

The article discusses the authors' contention that power has become too concentrated in America's national political parties such as the U.S. Republican Party (GOP) as of 2016, and it mentions the impact that 2016 U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's popularity is having on the attitudes of Republicans. The decentralization of American politics is examined, along with policymaking in the nation and the efforts to restore federalism and constitutionalism in the U.S. government.