{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mysociety/yournextrepresentative/issues/512","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mysociety/yournextrepresentative/issues/512/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mysociety/yournextrepresentative/issues/512/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mysociety/yournextrepresentative/issues/512/events","html_url":"https://github.com/mysociety/yournextrepresentative/issues/512","id":105879537,"number":512,"title":"Local elections and party affiliation","user":{"login":"evz","id":551491,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/551491?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz","html_url":"https://github.com/evz","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/evz/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-09-10T19:16:47Z","updated_at":"2015-09-11T14:35:43Z","closed_at":null,"body":"It seems that YNR has a pretty strong assumption that each candidate running for an office is affiliated with a particular political party. This is often not the case with local elections in the US (in Chicago for instance, our city council is technically non-partisan). In the instance we are setting up for St. Paul, there are candidates who seem to espouse a particular party's ideology but are not supported by or officially associated with the larger organization. \r\n\r\nI'm not sure how much this breaks things in a general sense but I thought I'd bring it up as I'm pretty sure this is something that is not unique to these two places."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mysociety/yournextrepresentative/issues/comments/139562599","html_url":"https://github.com/mysociety/yournextrepresentative/issues/512#issuecomment-139562599","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mysociety/yournextrepresentative/issues/512","id":139562599,"user":{"login":"mhl","id":7907,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7907?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhl","html_url":"https://github.com/mhl","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhl/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhl/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhl/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhl/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhl/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhl/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhl/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhl/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mhl/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-09-11T14:35:42Z","updated_at":"2015-09-11T14:35:42Z","body":"This isn't an ideal solution, but it's probably the best workaround without significant changes to how we handle parties. Another ticket that relates to the party / affiliation description not being flexible enough is: https://github.com/mysociety/yournextrepresentative/issues/456 - ideally we should display the hierarchies of party-like organizations on the site."}}