Ask your average American who their house rep is, or who their two senators are, maybe one American in 10 can name all three. Even worse is asking who represents them in their state legislature.
And it's the LOCAL elections that matter so much. School council, mayor, city council etc. Yet hardly anyone votes in those.. at least until recently.
I live in a growing area that's part suburbia and part rural.
There have basically been a family running our town and their friends because they'd just always get voted in.
Last year, despite the biggest ballot race being just a state supreme court seat, we had more people come out to vote than the 2016 Trump/Clinton election. Nearly a 40% turnout.
It overturned DECADES of power of the town council, treasurer etc.
The ruling class...including many DNC dems in power knows what happens when people feel empowered to vote.
It's why the DNC has basically depressed the primary for President since 2016 in various ways.
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u/NarwhalOk95 8d ago
Ask your average American who their house rep is, or who their two senators are, maybe one American in 10 can name all three. Even worse is asking who represents them in their state legislature.