Reassessing the incumbency effect
By: Jeffrey M. Stonecash.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9780521515511; 9780521733229
Subjects: Incumbency (Public officers) -- United States; Elections -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An increased incumbency effect and American politics; title: The consensus about a greater incumbency effect; title: The trend in incumbent vote percentages; title: Cumulative career changes; title: The retirement slump; title: An alternative framework : the role of realignment; title: A partisan view of incumbent percentages; title: The role of realignment; title: Conclusions and implications.