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"The voters in local elections are mostly government employees" Citation needed? My anecdotal experience disagrees.
by jbooth 11y ago
"The voters in local elections are mostly government employees"
Citation needed? My anecdotal experience disagrees.
- lotsofpulp 11y agoI should have written that I'm speculating based on a few local elections I've participated in, but it seemed like the government employees and their friends/family had a voting bloc that basically made it impossible to even bring up reducing taxpayer funded pensions without ensuring your loss in the election. Also, I'd be very surprised if a significant amount of people even knew who their city council members were, and even their mayor unless they're in a very big city. Again, all speculation, but the professionals I know make too much and work too much to care about local elections, and the poorer people are working too much to prioritize the myriad other issues going on int heir life.