City on a Hill Once Again

We have been studying the early Puritans who were the first immigrants to the New World, and through this I have learned the many ideals of their lifestyles. Along with with their belief of predestination, and their duty to be the shining city upon a hill, I could not help but wondering if there were any Puritans left?
As I thought of this question, I have pre-existing knowledge that Puritanism was just one branch of the christian faith, and that along with many of the branches there aren't many people left believing in the less popular religion. I also know that through the first chapter of The American Dream by Jim Cullen, that as the generations past the new generations were less and less like their ancestors in strength of faith. But, as concrete as this information is it seems that there obviously has to be some full bread Puritans still in the United States. After research there are some articles which show that there are some people out in United States that are still Puritans. but through my research I came up with a new question, what would Puritan Society do to our Modern Society? The economy? etc... Well to do this I think that I will take the Puritan values and relate them to modern day issues. First off America may be losing its way as a world leader, and I think I speak for all of us when we say we are always striving for the best. I think that with the Puritan sense of dedication to thier dream of being a model for the rest of the world, we need to rededicate ourselves to this notion of being the "city on top of a hill", something that Senator McCain and Obama have referenced in the future if elected president. Another part of the Puritan state is following a strict social norm. This I think would ruin something great in our society, something that defines us as people, our individualism. Not only our individualism but our great skill of having many individuals coming together to become a community. So the Puritan Society would have negative and positive effects on Modern day issues, but I think the most important is as we elect a new leader of our country we have to consider rededicating ourselves to the idea of being the "city on a hill" for the rest of the world once again.