Why Do Incumbents Have An Advantage In Political Elections?

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Ian Ngo Ms. Grobe US Government & Politics 6 October 2014 Legislative Branch DBQ If history repeats itself, the incumbents in political elections will once again have an advantage in their elections. Over half of incumbents are always re elected. Incumbents are notoriously known to have advantages in elections. The House of Representative and Senate both together make up the U.S. Congress. It is important that the people in the U.S. Congress have chemistry, since they make laws for the country. Why do incumbents have an advantage in political elections? Incumbents means holding an indicated position, role or office. Incumbents have an advantage in political elections because they have access to more money, more well-known to the people, and they have more experience in office. First, incumbents have an advantage in political elections because they have access to more money. Incumbents can enjoy the advantage of the large amounts of money they are capable of raising from the campaign contributions (Document B). If incumbents have more amounts of money in comparison to the ones running against them, they have an advantage of winning because that money can be used to run a strong campaign. Incumbents also have a office budget allowance in which…show more content…
The incumbents from the U.S. House and Senate have re election rates with averages of 95% for the U.S. House and 80% for the U.S. (Document D). People who vote for incumbents vote for them with the reason of because they already know how the incumbent is like, and they rather rely on the past and not the stuff the new candidates are saying. A study from the Arizona State University also stated that campaign coverage and the status of a candidate has a heavy impact on people’s image of the candidates (Document C). Incumbents with more coverage on the different types of media will make them more well-known to the
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