Local county races and dog catcher races do not matter. What matters is who occupies 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. That is the only race that counts.

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dabockster 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

False. Local races directly determine the day-to-day laws and rules you live under way more than a POTUS could effectively decree. I don't know about you, but I sure enjoy having reliable electrical, water, and sewer systems.

	▲	esafak 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They have that in Saudi Arabia too but I would not want to live there. Set higher standards.

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scottyah 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is absolutely, in my mind, the opinion that has done the most damage to this country. If people didn't abandon politics that affect them at every level for a celebrity superbowl type show we wouldn't have this circus of Presidential campaigns.

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vjvjvjvjghv 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

House and Senate are probably more important than the president.

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jasondigitized 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's just not true. If you iive in Texas or California or wherever, your governor, state reps, judges, etc are all going to affect you far more than the President.

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idiotsecant 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

So wildly inaccurate. If you disconnect yourself from the cable news outrage pornography cycle you'll find most things that actually impact you happen at the state and local level. A lot of spooky things on the TV to be afraid or mad about, but for the average person there is vanishly little real effect.