What does this question mean “ similarities and differences between the mayor’s or local leader’s background and your own;” I don’t need the answer I just want to know what it means by background (yes I’m a little slow)

I guess difference of the leader of local Town and Mayor

Explanation:

Your background is the kind of family you come from and the kind of education you have had. It can also refer to such things as your social and racial origins, your financial status, or the type of work experience that you have.

balearic sea - is a body of water in the mediterranean sea around the balearic islands. baltic sea - is a mediterranean sea of the atlantic which is enclosed by scandinavian and baltic countries. barents sea - is a marginal sea in the artic ocean located off the northern coast of norway and russia.