Local elections have important topics that directly affect people. However, politicians often talk more about national issues. They criticize the government or praise their own work. Voters understand this well.
Voter Urve says: "There are too many problems, and they can't all be solved at once. Taxes and other things are complicated. Politicians don't have enough good cooperation to solve them."
Delfi and Eesti Päevaleht editor-in-chief Urmo Soonvald says that local and parliamentary elections are interconnected. He says: "Political scientists have said that our elections are organized this way. Local elections are like a warm-up for parliamentary elections."
Political scientist Tõnis Leht says that in smaller places, attention is given to local issues. In larger cities, more is said about national questions. This is especially visible in Tallinn.
Leht adds: "Tallinn's politics is closely linked to national politics. There, a lot is said about national topics. For example, trust in the government, taxes, and coping."
Opposition parties have pushed the Reform Party to talk more about their successful decisions. For example, changes to income tax. Soonvald says that Isamaa is not currently focusing all its efforts on local elections.
Soonvald says: "Isamaa is in a good position. They are playing two games at once. They are ready to lose in local elections to win in parliamentary elections."