Our forefathers were intelligent.
Enough so to design a system of checks and balances into our system of government that kept one branch from running the entire country free reign.
Over the recent years, we have seen not only a failure of that system but a complete failure when a single philosophy party was allowed to gain complete control of the judicial, legislative and executive branches. This (as predicted) led us down the road to Fascism. Without a proven scientific barometer for this problem, one had to rely on observances. Those observances were made by a majority of Americans and were acted upon. Sadly, local issues were sacrificed by many in order to restore the balance of power at the federal level.
For those like me that made that sacrifice, I thank you deeply and promise my genuine feeling that the country is better because of it.