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Pros And Cons Of Incumbents
A.) An incumbent is defined as the person currently holding office. Through a political lense, incumbency has proven to be a significant advantage in the field of reelection.The graph provided above is hard evidence that incumbency often results in reelection. From 1948 to 1996 it is obvious that incumbency rates in the House of Representatives, and the Senate are high. In 1960 over 90% of incumbents in the Senate were elected, and in throughout 1948 to 1996 the House has steadily averaged around 90% of incumbents reelected. Another fact being, rates of incumbents reelected have increased over time in both the House and Senate. I can only imagine that these rates will continue to increase with the growth of media over time.
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