Snyder and Strömberg found "that a poor fit between newspaper markets and political districts reduces press coverage of politics. ... Congressmen who are less covered by the local press work less for their constituencies: they are less likely to stand witness before congressional hearings ... . Federal spending is lower in areas where there is less press coverage of the local members of congress." Schulhofer-Wohl and Garrido found that the year after the Cincinnati Post closed in 2007, "fewer candidates ran for municipal office in the Kentucky suburbs most reliant on the Post, incumbents became more likely to win reelection, and voter turnout and campaign spending fell. COUNT 4
QSN1 Who discovered the correlation that congressman who have less local press coverage work less for the people who elected them? ANS1 Snyder and Strömberg QSN2 What newspaper stopped publishing in 2007? ANS2 Cincinnati Post QSN3 Who was most likely to get reelected after the Post shut down? ANS3 incumbents QSN4 Campaign spending and what fell after the Post stopped publishing? ANS4 voter turnout