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Originally Posted by BodomReaper

Municipal politics features the least scrutiny, media coverage, voter turnout, awareness etc. of any level of government.

Originally Posted by jollyburger

That's debatable.

It really isn't.

Vancouver municipal election turnout last session was about 40%, Coquitlam and Langley City were all the way down at 25%.

Meanwhile, in recent years we've averaged 60-70% for federal elections

Municipal politics are by-and-large controlled by the special few that care enough to actually vote. Guess what, fear and anger get people voting more than contentment and happiness, so NIMBYs are gonna have a bigger say than those okay with the status quo.