Southern Action League municipal election of Taranto, when Mario Cito, son of Giancarlo, won 20.2% of the votes as candidate for Mayor. In the 2009 provincial election of Taranto, the party won 10.6% of the vote, while supporting the candidate for President of The People of Freedom (PdL). In the 2012 municipal election of Taranto, Mario Cito won 18.9% in the first round and 30.3% in the run-off, losing to incumbent Mayor Ippazio Stefano. In 2014 the party joined Forza Italia, but later re-gained its autonomy. In the 2017 municipal election in Taranto the party won 10.8% of the vote and its candidate,
James Taranto of "Two Papers in One!"), "The Huffington Post" (always intentionally spoonerized as "The Puffington Host"), "Media Matters for America" (called "Media Mutters"), "WorldNetDaily" ("World Nut Daily"), Reuters and the Associated Press. Taranto commented occasionally on topics of special interest to him such as the Roe effect. He has also coined "The Taranto Principle", which asserts that liberal media bias leads to less thorough vetting of liberal politicians, which can be a disadvantage in general elections, as demonstrated so vividly in 2016. On July 25, 2012, Taranto sparked outrage online by posting the following comment to his Twitter account, in reference