Advertise in State Legislatures Magazine: Readership

Subscribers to State Legislatures comprise a successful, influential and involved group of readers—excellent prospects for your advertising dollars. State Legislatures is the only magazine that reaches every state legislator (even at their home/district address when they're out of session), member of Congress, governor, state legislative analyst and county government executive. As an association publication of the National Conference of State Legislatures, State Legislatures magazine has strong relationships and insights to our readers who turn to us for assistance in policymaking.

Your ad reaches this powerful audience of decision makers who appropriate the funds for county, state and federal level projects. These are the users as well as the purchasers who decide what products and services will be purchased in every state of the nation. This elite audience develops and recommends policy decisions that affect health care, education, criminal justice, transportation, energy, immigration, the environment and more. They count on State Legislatures to provide accurate and timely coverage of the high pressure environment in which they work. State Legislatures has proved to be the hands-down leader in reader involvement and accurate, in-depth coverage of material.

An independent study surveyed a random sample of readers of State Legislatures. State Legislatures surpassed its competition in nearly every category. The documentation of this independent study proves that State Legislatures has the best readership of any state government publication.

Our readers were asked why they liked State Legislatures best and they said because it:

• Is relevent to their jobs.
• Provides timely and thorough coverage of the issues.
• Is a valuable resource.

• 62% discussed the item with others.
• 50% filed the item for future reference.
• 42% passed the item along to others.
• 28% used/modified an idea.
• 27% sought further information.
• 26% visited a web site.

• 92% of readers spend from 15 minutes up to 2 hours reading each issue.
• 82% read or scan every issue.
• 77% of readers refer back to an issue at least 2 to 5 times.
• 61% read half or more of each issue.

SOURCE:  INDEPENDENT READEX READERSHIP SURVEY.