As long as people can wake up in the house they pay mortgage on, get in their new/semi new car and drive to work, put in a full day, take their paycheck and grab a six pack to watch the game on their big screen TV, they DO NOT CARE what is happening in Washington, let alone their localities. To do anything at all to upset the cart would require far too much sacrifice - they would risk that house, the car, the job, the paycheck, the beer, the ballgame...why in the hell would they do that?!?!
The tragedy being Americans are in the process of losing even the small comforts you describe. Eager invaders are here in growing numbers and eventually will lose patience and simply take what Americans have(in historical terms it is called a “Sack.”).