Little interest in today’s election

People are sick of politics-as-usual. Seldom does a day go by when there’s not some political scandal that highlights corruption, greed, graft, or straight-up political favoritism. Some of that is no doubt sensationalism, but you have to wonder where all those self-serving politicians come from. The truth is they get their start at the local level. A town council member or county board supervisor sees some success and toys with the idea of running for state assembly. They move on to the state senate, House of Representatives, then U. S. Senate. Eventually that local politician runs for president. Sure there are exceptions. Our current president is one of those. But for the most part they start out in local politics. Today is a primary election day for local offices. The expected turnout is about ten percent. That means your vote counts almost ten times as much as a presidential election. You have a voice in politicians running for the first rung of their career. Now is the time you can weed out people you don’t like. In fifteen years, you might be stuck choosing between two unpalatable candidates unless you take care of that today – primary election day.