Socialist Sawant wins City Council seat

[MineralMan]

4. Change starts locally. This is a great example of what

local people can do in their own areas. It is the fundamental power we have. While a small group can do little in a national election, that same group can strongly influence their local politics. It is in local politics that change begins, not in national or even state elections. From the city council and county board to state legislatures and House of Representative elections, local activism can make change happen. Each of those elections is a local one, and has a small enough pool of voters to be sharply impacted by local activism.

This is why off-year and mid-term elections are so critically important in US Politics. Local elected offices are the breeding ground for future higher office. This is where change begins.

The United State has massive inertia. It is very difficult to set it in motion or to change its course. Nothing happens quickly with such a massive thing. At the local level, however, change can be made much more quickly, and those changes can accumulate to affect the entire nation, eventually.

Each one of us can impact our local elections, and each one of us should be engaged in doing that.

GOTV 2014 and in every election!