Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny said this divide in politics nationally has driven people to local politics instead. “I think the underreported story over the last four to eight years is while national politics has gotten bad, that has driven interest in local politics as well.”
https://cnycentral.com/news/local/local-politics-sees-a-surge-in-interest-amid-national-tensions#
Dustin M. Czarny 