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Since you live in USA, think about how christianity may act as a barrier between people. Separation of the church and state could help a little into easing these barriers between groups within the society.
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I actually live in Australia, which is a much more secular country, our separation of church and state is pretty much complete. For which I am very glad.
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In a good state, the government will be made up by the people and will represent it's wishes. This works best in the political middle ground.
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Yeah, the best compromise is a political middle ground. Which is an advantage of compulsory voting. In Aus there isn't nearly the polarisation that I see in the American voting system, we are cushioned by a large amount of apathy from people who only vote because they have to.
When someone isn't emotionally invested in a decision they can be a little more rational. Of course, the downside is that someone with no political awareness is easily influenced by scaremongering and ridiculous arguments.
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So you see, Fruitonica, while you are correct - a more rightist way of thinking may only make the problem worse and keep a society away from the overall life quality optimum.
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Sorry for cutting out the bulk of your points, but I agree with pretty much everything you said. But, I'm not really sure how you linked them to my previous point, which sort of stood on its own and I didn't want to extrapolate from. If it came off as 'rightist', it was unintentional, I'm a fair way left of centre.