Local parties thrive as voters lose trust in mainstream politics

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Local parties thrive as voters lose trust in mainstream politics

Local parties thrive as voters lose trust in mainstream politics March 16, 2026 Gordon Darroch An election billboard in Berg en Dal, Gelderland, with posters for national and local parties. Photo: ANP/Flip Franssen At the last general election in October, the 150 seats in the lower house of parliament were split no less than 15 ways.

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No card to vote in Wednesday's elections? Here's what to do

4 hours ago ... Hundreds of thousands of non-Dutch nationals are eligible to vote in the March 18 local elections and everyone who can vote should now have ...

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Local parties, therefore, also inherently have an anti-establishment bias, appealing to voters who doubt the ability of established national political parties to address specific local issues.

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Why Don't Voters Care About Local Government? - Journal of Democracy

Yet in the United States and elsewhere, the electoral landscape is becoming increasingly nationalized. And in Europe, there are signs that attention is moving away from the local level as subnational political parties increasingly emphasize EU issues in their platforms. Several factors have made national government politics overshadow all else.