Reassessing the incumbency effect /

Incumbents in the US House of Representatives have 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stonecash, Jeffrey M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Incumbency (Public officers) > United States.
Elections > United States.
Titularisation (Fonctionnaires) > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
Elections.
Incumbency (Public officers)
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An increased incumbency effect and American politics
  • The consensus about a greater incumbency effect
  • The trend in incumbent vote percentages
  • Cumulative career changes
  • The retirement slump
  • An alternative framework : the role of realignment
  • A partisan view of incumbent percentages
  • The role of realignment
  • Conclusions and implications.

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