• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    anyone arguing politics online for either side probably has more knowledge about politics than 99% of the population

    That’s a very self-aggrandizing theory of politics.

    Most people we are talking about don’t even know the candidates

    State and federal candidates routinely have very high name recognition. Lower level candidates tend to be invisible by design, and largely creatures of the party apparatus.

    It hardly matters who your state house representative or city council member is when anyone running is just aspiring to become the crony of the mayor or governor.