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Local politics have the most impact on people, but get the least attention. Shouldn't it be easier to engage folks on a local level via social media, electronic voting, campaigns, etc?

>>Horizo+(OP)
On that note I will highlight that the reason that I get any local news is that Facebook makes me follow my local representatives after every election cycle

So I am actually quite up to date about what goes on locally

>>Horizo+(OP)
Local politics have the most impact on people, but get the least attention.

FWIW, this is not a truism. First, the current administration in particular has been consolidating power.

Also, by many measures (ads, canvassing, town halls, discussion on community-based forums), the local elections get pretty much the same attention as the federal in my area.

>>Horizo+(OP)
The article agrees that local is where we can do things about these issues:

> Moreover, it’s important for us to understand which levels of government have the biggest impact on our criminal justice system and police practices. When we think about politics, a lot of us focus only on the presidency and the federal government. And yes, we should be fighting to make sure that we have a president, a Congress, a U.S. Justice Department, and a federal judiciary that actually recognize the ongoing, corrosive role that racism plays in our society and want to do something about it. But the elected officials who matter most in reforming police departments and the criminal justice system work at the state and local levels