@sundogplanets I covered small towns for 15 years at a regional paper. People in small towns are connected in multiple ways and imho it helps know better who to trust. When I wrote the stories about local races I kept that in mind, letting readers know where they could hear the candidates debate, or breaking down their campaign finance reports. I had no business ‘interpreting’ the race for them. There are so many interlopers between us and national candidates, it makes its own set of problems