How does federalism enhance democracy
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Explanation:
Federalism allows for people from multiple regions to band together and form a government without giving up their regional differences. Which allows a much larger government to exist without as much conflict within the country as each region is largely self managed at the state and local level. (A larger nation being able to defend itself better.)
For the United States: the original 13 colonies, and the 37 states that followed, all have different cultures, social norms, and circumstances that have given them unique ways of life and values. By splitting government between local, state, and federal governments these differences can be allowed to continue without forcing a homogenous way of life on the People in those colonies as a whole. This is critical to getting the People of the colonies to be willing to join the US as a nation.
How it is achieved:
This is done by giving the People a common set of basic civil rights, while national defense, foreign relations, and interstate trade, is controlled by the federal government, and all other rights are reserved for the States.
Note:
If this does not sound entirely right in the USA's current model of government, it is because the Federal Government in the USA has, with the help of the Federal Judiciary, stolen many rights that are rightfully reserved for the States and the People.