Tech Law Journal examined how inner city, urban, suburban, and rural congressmen compare in their support for high tech. A district by district review suggests that inner city and urban districts tend to have Representatives with low scores. The main exception is districts with concentrations of high tech industry.
Suburban districts tend to have Representatives with higher scores.
Finally, Representatives from rural areas tend to either have high or low support scores. This article is a part of the Tech Law Journal Congressional Scorecard 1998 series. There is unquestionalbly a significant group of Representatives and Senators who represent large bodies of rural voters who are very pro tech. None of these men represent a state or district with either any significant high tech industry, or any cities. They not only scored high on the Scorecard, their leadership on tech issues led to their selection for the Top Ten lists.