Inefficient policies and incumbency advantage

Constituency Service and Incumbency Advantage

Constituency Service and Incumbency Advantage

Constituency Service and Incumbency Advantage

Numerous scholars have documented a dramatic increase in incumbency advantage in US congressional elections and also state legislative elections over the past four decades.' For example, Gelman and King show that incumbents in the House of Representatives now receive about twelve extra percentage points solely as a result of holding congressional office during the campaign;' the comparable figu...

Constituency Service and Incumbency Advantage

Constituency Service and Incumbency Advantage