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> Most issues that voters care about are not local issues Do you have an data to support this claim?

• adastra22 4y ago
  Indeed, most political science supports the opposite conclusion. Almost all politics is local.
  • bobkazamakis 4y ago
    politics is WAN when nuance is harder to find
  • jjav 4y ago
    > Indeed, most political science supports the opposite conclusion. Almost all politics is local. Interesting. I'd say all the very toxic politics is non-local. The local stuff might be more, but it's mostly mundane. Which makes sense. My city and county representatives can't get away with passing something wildly unpopular that >> 50% of local people hate. While it's far from perfect, there is a reasonable amount of accountability with local politicians. Federal-level politicians though, are so far removed from the people they purportedly represent and their election is so heavily gerrymandered that they are untouchable. They can get away with serving only special interests and passing laws which most people hate.
    • adastra22 4y ago
      How people vote (or for those who consistently vote one party no matter what, whether get nothet to show up to vote) is consistently due to local issues. Not necessarily local laws or measures mind you, but things impacting them in their local everyday life. This include having a job or the price of gas (incumbents who bring home pork contracts to their district do very well).
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