Social Sciences and History / Unit 8 SSH 0704 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Incumbency Advantage
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The idea
Incumbents have the easiest time funding campaigns and keeping their seats, and they benefit from the way parties organize primaries, which are designed to promote incumbency. The anchor's other constant is money: each representative and senator must raise considerable sums.
In practice
A constituency: the body of voters a politician represents.
Where people slip
Unit 09 carries campaigns and elections at length.
Your place on the trail
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