Yes, and one of the secret ingredients to the success of the US. But as decades pass, people seem to want to skip those first steps and jump right to the Feder

Yes, and one of the secret ingredients to the success of the US. But as decades pass, people seem to want to skip those first steps and jump right to the Federal level and refuse to budge if they cannot get the entire nation to make some leap or another with them. That evolving 'Everybody or Nobody' attitude is killing one of the strengths of the US system.