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Reassessing the Incumbency Effect

By Jeffrey M. Stonecash

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0521515513, 9780521515511, 9780521733229, 0521733227
LCC
JK1965 .S76 2008
Open Library ID
OL16729015M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
959 kB (981720 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
185\185
Time added
2010-05-31 00:48:14

Description

Incumbents in the U.S. House of Representatives have presumably increased their vote percentages in recent decades, raising questions about the efficacy of elections in making members responsive. The evidence, however, indicates there has been no improvement in the electoral fortunes of incumbents in the last 50 years. Only Republicans have improved their electoral fortunes as a result of realignment. This valuable book provides a very different interpretation of how incumbents have fared in recent decades, and the interpretation is supported by non-technical data analysis and presentation.

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