I am glad you asked this question. Many in my family, myself included, have argued that we should be conservative at the Federal (and in many cases State) level, and increasingly liberal as we get closer to the local level.

I would resist calling for Republicans, or Democrats, at any particular level, because I think this view is something different (I almost wrote “transcends” those names, but I won’t be so bold.) What I am suggesting is that the same people should be both supportive of the liberal/Christian ideal of caring for your neighbor at the local level–where you can see and feel the impact you are having, while simultaneously adopting a more conservative approach at the aggregate.

But wait–there’s more! I have more to say on the flip side of this coin. Liberalism doesn’t scale up, but the Conservative ideal may not scale down very well either.

Does this argument “scale”? Or do these same principles play out differently in local politics? That is, should we let the Republicans run the Federal, and Democrats run the Civic? But what about State? And what about PTAs?

Again, I found myself in complete agreement with your train of thought. But how does this work itself out on the small scale?

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