If you are obsessing over the 2020 presidential election, stop it. It’s a waste of energy. Yes, the drama is high. The stakes are high too. But your energy is better spent on local politics.
Inform yourself on national issues, by all means. Vote your interests, for sure. But the amount of attention national politics receives is out of proportion to how it affects our everyday lives.
Understand you can’t affect national politics. Few of us have time, power or money to carry influence in Washington.
Closer to home, your vote, voice and involvement can dramatically affect your community’s quality of










