Brief by Martha Quillen
Politics – May 1999 – Colorado Central Magazine
Why National Politics Are Better For You
Everybody has heard of Monica Lewinsky and Slobodan Milosevic.
But does everyone know the names of all their U.S. Senators, U.S. representative, state representative, state senators, county commissioners, town councilmen, local school board members?
It seems unlikely. At the local level, politics just don’t generate as much media saturation. (Also, local radio stations and weekly newspapers seldom enthrall viewers with as much sexual or violent content as the media barons do — thank goodness.)
