> Go more local (and earlier, to primaries) and you see massive questions resolved with tens of votes, even in New York. You have influence over local issues i

> Go more local (and earlier, to primaries) and you see massive questions resolved with tens of votes, even in New York. You have influence over local issues in dictatorships. Putin does not care or engage in zoning and other minor issues. They are open to influence by both residents and bribery.