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The empirical value of Mark Crain's & Brian Goff's conclusions regarding the advantages of TV broadcasts for incumbent political candidates ("Televising Legislatures: An Economic Analysis," Journal of Law & Economics, 1986, 29, 405-421) is examined. They argue that in states with small populations, per seat TV coverage is an advantage for incumbents, but that the opposite is true for states with large populations per seat. When these conclusions are tested using other institutional variables, eg, the number of multimember districts, the average number of incumbents per multimember district, the number of seats open, & the ratio of minority to majority party, this hypothesis is supported. It is concluded that TV affects political services, making them like "search products" in which actual qualities can be compared with purported qualities prior to consumption. 6 Tables, 12 References. L. Baker