I wonder about the possible connection between fewer and fewer truly local news sources and engagement in local elections. I've been tossing around the idea of emailing a set of questions to each of our local candidates just so that I can share those answers with my family and neighbors - I did that last year for our school board electio…
I wonder about the possible connection between fewer and fewer truly local news sources and engagement in local elections. I've been tossing around the idea of emailing a set of questions to each of our local candidates just so that I can share those answers with my family and neighbors - I did that last year for our school board elections, and it got a lot of positive responses in our local FB group. Our town is under 5k people but our turnout for local elections rarely tops 200 people.
OK I just thought I lived in a small town! Although our county is still small! I like your idea a lot and it's something I'm going to think about doing here.
I wonder about the possible connection between fewer and fewer truly local news sources and engagement in local elections. I've been tossing around the idea of emailing a set of questions to each of our local candidates just so that I can share those answers with my family and neighbors - I did that last year for our school board elections, and it got a lot of positive responses in our local FB group. Our town is under 5k people but our turnout for local elections rarely tops 200 people.
Emily, Inspiring us all to become local political journalists for our small communities 👏‼️
OK I just thought I lived in a small town! Although our county is still small! I like your idea a lot and it's something I'm going to think about doing here.