I gather that Europe may be different in this regard, but in the United States, a lot of political decisions are made at the local level. There’s definitely an argument to be made that media attention overemphasizes the importance of federal politics and underemphasizes the importance of local politics—many decisions are actually made at the level of thousands, not millions, but voter turnout for such things is lower rather than higher.
I gather that Europe may be different in this regard, but in the United States, a lot of political decisions are made at the local level. There’s definitely an argument to be made that media attention overemphasizes the importance of federal politics and underemphasizes the importance of local politics—many decisions are actually made at the level of thousands, not millions, but voter turnout for such things is lower rather than higher.