The USA was founded on distrust of powerful governments. That continues to today, and is more obvious in right leaning areas, like Texas. And what do you mean

The USA was founded on distrust of powerful governments. That continues to today, and is more obvious in right leaning areas, like Texas. And what do you mean by 'central government' in Europe? One of the national governments (Germany, France, etc.) or the EU? Because the central government in the US (federal level) would have power similar to the EU than any of the smaller national governments.