[Political Junkie Too]

You are correct, and in the Constitution, the President, as the only person elected by the entire people of the United States...

To be precise, the President is the only person elected by all the states to head the federation of states, and is assigned the task of setting foreign policy for the United States.

The states, individually, are sovereign entities, headed by governors elected by the people of their respective states.

-PJ

[cuban leaf]

The states, individually, are sovereign entities, headed by governors elected by the people of their respective states

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thanks to the creation of the EU, I’ve modified my paradigm on this to a more “pre-civil war” perspective. I live in a country called Kentucky. It is a sovereign country with the exception of what it gives up in sovereignity to the overlying constitution of the union of countries of which it is a member. The US is like the EU and Kentucky and California are like France and Germany.