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Politics News Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the politics facet of life. Politics-News Blog: Local-Politics News All Politics Is Local and Local Politics Is Bipartisan: October 24, 2007  New research from Fernando Ferreira and Joseph Gyourko of Wharton reveals that the partisan bickering of national and state politics doesn't appear to trickle down to the level of the city. Collecting information on some 4,500 mayoral elections between 1968 and 2004 in over 400 cities with populations of at least 25,000, the two researchers found that local policy initiatives were not affected by the party that won the election. Things like the size of government, public spending on police and firefighters, and property and violent crime rates were not influenced by whether a Democrat or Republican won the election. The researchers didn't, however, test for some other important functions of local governments including spending on schools, zoning laws, and ability to attract residents and businesses. But the results are still remarkable given the common impression that the party affiliation of an elected official plays a large role in determining fiscal policy. Ferreira and Gyourko believe the reason for their surprising finding is that there is no viable way for a state or national party leader to force a mayor to act in the interest of the party, thus, the mayor has to be attuned to what the typical voter in his city wants, or risk losing the next election. Politics News Blog Comment: Local politics and national politics just have a difference of perspective in between the two of them. A thing that you see from within looks one way, and the same thing starts looking altogether different when you have a bird's eye-view of it from a distance. We can say that the local politics is myopic whereas the national politics is a victim to long-sightedness to the extent that it is not able to see the immediate local issues that are impinging on the residents' psyche. Both are incomplete in themselves. In fact, politics being a game of power is bound to have its inherent contradictions imbibed in its very structure; and this local versus national issue is one of them! Wanna have some bidding fun with 'Local Politics, and Politics' on ebay auction? You might grab a bargain or two! Just say your bid and you're done: Sign up with AuctionAds as a publisher and receive $25 right now! I invite you to subscribe to my E-zine titled Life Coach, free of charge. This E-zine publishes insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. A not-to-be-missed opportunity! Subscribe to it here: I also invite you to subscribe to my Life Blog - no need to provide your e-mail address here. This RSS feed keeps you informed about new developments taking place on this site. It also harbors 25 journal bloglets posting insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. In order to subscribe to the blog, right-click on the orange RSS button (see buttons up to the left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on add to My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there. If you are not sure what RSS or blogging is all about, click on What's an RSS Feed? here:
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