Vote Down Ballot Montana Country Singer Makes a Fun Video To Remind Us All

[Dana7360]

He's right. Don't just stop at the top of the ballot.

Keep voting until the whole ballot is filled out.

Use your voter's pamphlet to learn about the candidates and issues.

 

[linux07]

America has local political institutions but nationalized politics. This is a problem.


I’m not alone. The overwhelming majority of Americans consume disproportionately more news about national politics than about state and local politics. In one analysis, 99 percent of respondents in a typical media market never visited websites dedicated to local news. In a typical local election, fewer than one in five citizens bother to vote.

There are at least half a million elected officials in the United States. Only 537 of them are federal. And yet almost all of our collective attention is on those federal officials and in particular, just one of them: the president. As a result, elections these days, at every level of government, increasingly operate as a singular referendum on the president. Candidates matter less and less, party more and more.

America has local political institutions but nationalized politics. This is a problem.

The disconnect undermines electoral accountability and exacerbates polarization. Something has to give.

www.vox.com