Corpus ID: 201705022

Local News , Information , and the Nationalization of U . S . Elections ∗

@inproceedings{Moskowitz2018LocalN,
  title={Local News , Information , and the Nationalization of U . S . Elections ∗},
  author={Daniel J. Moskowitz},
  year={2018}
}

Daniel J. Moskowitz

Published 2018

The upheaval in the broader local news environment may have contributed substantially to the nationalization of U.S. elections in recent years. With nationalized elections, voters are more likely to apply their national, partisan judgment for the presidential race to down-ballot races. I hypothesize that local news coverage mitigates nationalizing electoral forces by providing voters with relevant information about down-ballot races. This information allows voters to assess candidates for these… CONTINUE READING

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