America covers an enormous amount of land, which makes it hard for both the government and the majority to communicate. This decentralization of the majority in America tempers their progress in gaining what they want on a national level. At a local level, the majority is more attuned to gaining what they want, whereas on a national level, “it cannot make all citizens in all places, in the same manner, at the same moment, bend to its desires” (1.2.8.250). The majority is powerful, but due to its lack of centralization and communication among each other across the United States, it is near impossible for everyone to demand the same thing at the same time. The majority continues to grow over time and become more powerful, but Tocqueville incites
