Your Local Ballot Actually Matters More Than the Presidential One
Early voting is underway for the Nov. 4 election, and you may be asking yourself, what’s the point?
Don’t worry, you’re in good company. Texans love to gripe about property taxes, potholes, and school funding, but when it’s time to vote for the people who actually fix (or ignore) those things, most folks suddenly remember they’ve got laundry to do.
Sure, we show up for the flashy stuff: presidents, senators, maybe governors if the attack ads are spicy enough. But the elections that decide your water rates, your kid’s school, and whether your street gets paved? Crickets.
Jon Taylor, chair of the political science department at the University of Texas at San Antonio, tries to hammer that point home to his students.
Unlike federal elections, those “at the state and local level — particularly the local level — often have far more direct impact on citizens’ lives,” he told The Barbed Wire.
https://thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/24/voting-local-elections/
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