Representatives in Congress are more responsive to local constituents and their constituents are better informed if the newspaper’s market is similar to the Congressional district. In other words, if the newspaper’s readers are the Congressman’s voters, they hold the Congressman accountable because they know what he’s doing.
Newspaper coverage is the key.
That’s why voters in the Triangle know more about Nancy Pelosi and John Murtha than they do about Brad Miller and David Price.
