Because you always research who you vote for.
Here's the synopsis for a local Democrat for mostly irrelevant local position (think of it like, local village official dog-walker or some shit):
Former US military (infantry officer), no obvious Leftist endorsements, many years spent as a Judo athlete, private practice attorney, no significant political experience, adequate physiognomy, official Democrat Party information page made no appeals to Culture War topics, or even really any significant political topics at all. (I live in a pretty red area)
Here's the quote for the local Republican for the same position:
Accomplishments:
Promoted diversity training for [government strata] employees
He's a multi-year incumbent. Has been either an attorney or a politician for the past 30 years. Poor physiognomy.
Just because there is an R in their name doesn't mean they aren't supporting DIE in the government.
CLEAR. THEM. OUT.
Also, check the party page. Even the candidates own pages don't really tell you much, but whenever I checked the Democrats official page, there was always a quote in there that made you think, "Ah, so you're one of those."
One Dem candidate said, "I got interested in politics because there weren't enough women and minorities in positions of power." She was running against an incumbent woman minority who had been in power for over 10 years.
I honestly do think 10% of the people here could probably win local elections, even if your post history here was publicly available.
What do you mean if? I'd win because it is!
Less Feminine Way Party™
Jokes aside, it isn't hard to win local elections, scrutiny only starts hitting when you're running for national elections, to be a House or Senate member.
There's a really strong incumbent advantage at the local level in Canada.
It's virtually impossible to get elected to city council unless the incumbent abdicates their seat.
A local councilor did lose last month for the first incumbent loss in forever, but it was at least in part because there was a scandal that his wife was caught posting fake comments on his FB page.
I'm not saying I'd vote for you, but I wouldn't NOT vote for you.
The scrutiny steps up any time you try to rise above city. I challenge you to try for a state office.
Honestly, you probably could. I think people will be happy to vote for more varied opinions, specifically at the local level.
I'm kind of disgusted how every politician looks almost identical.
I live in the deep deep South. If I ran for office, I could use quotes from my posts here as official slogans.
"Is you is or is you ain't, my constituency?"
Homer Stokes: https://youtu.be/Z3LU-DzT8i4