Abstract
Modern political discourse in the United States is rife with claims that citizens have strong federalism preferences. The suggestion that Americans oppose national usurpation of state power is most commonly associated with the Republican Party, but such claims can also be heard from the other side of the aisle. In recent debates over the right of states to set more stringent fuel economy standards than the national government, to ignore gun possession and carrying privileges granted in other states, and to purchase lower priced prescription drugs from other nations, it is Democratic lawmakers who suggest that their constituents would prefer policymaking free from federal intrusion. The argument that citizens value state sovereignty over national hegemony is nothing new in American politics, dating back at least as far as debates over the Articles of Confederation and the ratification of the Constitution.
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