Unfortunately, most of the topics you mentioned are outside of the control of the president as well. The X Amendment sets aside numerous aspects of the government to the states. Specifically, policing and education. Now the federal government can influence these things, usually through congresses spending power. For example, you want police body cams? Any law passed at the federal level mandating them would likely be unconstitutional. However, Congress could say, he local PD's, here access to a $10,000,000 federal grant, but conditioned on you mandating body cams. This is true of education reform as well.

Similarly, Congress controls immigration, almost exclusively. Obama's action on immigration is dubious as they are executive orders relying on his prosecutorial discretion. As chief executive, he controls all alphabet soups; FBI, DEA, DHS, ICE, etc... So he can use his power to tell them what laws to not enforce, like take it easy on illegal immigrants who aren't traffickers. This also why the DEA has not shut down legal pot in the states.

Any gun control legislation will also have to pass through congress.

The point is, the one area where the president has tremendous influence in foreign policy. That's why I was so disappointed in the democratic debate. Whoever is elected will inherit a world of problems; a turbulent Middle East, strong cyber hacking China, an aggressive Putin, international climate change etc... To me, this election will turn on those issues.

Of course, reasonable minds can differ on Americas response. Either go toe to toe with these problems and maintain an aggressive foreign policy or go the other way. Personally, I'm for the former, and Clinton and Webb speak to that. Sanders doesn't speak much about foreign policy, but I don't think he is the man for the job.

A couple other notes, Kanisch is a pastry, Kasich is the governor of Ohio and presidential candidate (if the GOP has its stuff together they would run him, and he might just win, but they don't).

The DOJ, is taking tremendous steps to address police brutality and police are listening. The media is just not reporting. For example, new community-police review board established in Hammond, IN does not grab page clicks.

So yeah, I guess the moral of the story is congressional elections are as important, if not more so, than presidential elections as in most popular areas of concern that is the body designed to change laws.