How many elected public officials are there in the US?

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Why, because you’re equating “US Government” with “US Federal Government”? They talk about state and local government in high school government classes, you know.

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Where did it say that? All I’m seeing in the OP is “United States government”, which includes the federal, state, and local levels.

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If you want a link to the original article you should have asked back in 2009.