Funny, I have no clue what my neighbor's political registrations are, or, in most cases, their political leanings, other than the R-14 breakdown of my huge western Loudoun County, VA, precinct. We don't talk politics or let them divide us. We're more focused on the debacle being created by an incompetent majority on the Purcellville Town Council. And I have no idea what their partisan leanings are, either.
Honestly that's kinda great. Things would probably be better if politics was more local, rather than everyone rooting for the national teams. For example, split ticket voting has all but dissapeared.
You're correct about split-ticket voting, but remember that many local elections in various jurisdictions feature non-partisan town and school board elections. The partisanship tends to disappear the more "local" the issues and elections get (there are exceptions, indeed).
Funny, I have no clue what my neighbor's political registrations are, or, in most cases, their political leanings, other than the R-14 breakdown of my huge western Loudoun County, VA, precinct. We don't talk politics or let them divide us. We're more focused on the debacle being created by an incompetent majority on the Purcellville Town Council. And I have no idea what their partisan leanings are, either.
Honestly that's kinda great. Things would probably be better if politics was more local, rather than everyone rooting for the national teams. For example, split ticket voting has all but dissapeared.
You're correct about split-ticket voting, but remember that many local elections in various jurisdictions feature non-partisan town and school board elections. The partisanship tends to disappear the more "local" the issues and elections get (there are exceptions, indeed).