posted: 2009-03-17 17:29:02 perma-link, RSS comments feed
Princeton University has released this report on the effects of newspaper closings on local elections using the Cincinnati Post as an example.
if voter turnout, a broad choice of candidates and accountability for incumbents are important to democracy, we side with those who lament newspapers' decline.
A year later, fewer candidates ran for office, incumbents became more likely to win re-election, and voter turnout fell.
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