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13 of the Best Books and Articles on: Political Incumbency

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Against Long Odds: Citizens Who Challenge Congressional Incumbents » Read Now
by James L. Merriner, Thomas P. Senter. 185 pgs.

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While many books detail how senators and representatives operate in Washington, this one describes how they stay in power. The congressional elections of 1998 were the most expensive in history. Incumbency reelection rates were 98.3 percent in the House and 89.7 percent in the Senate, and this was a...
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While many books detail how senators and representatives operate in Washington, this one describes how they stay in power. The congressional elections of 1998 were the most expensive in history. Incumbency reelection rates were 98.3 percent in the House and 89.7 percent in the Senate, and this was a typical outcome after Watergate-era campaign "reforms" supposedly reduced the influence of money in politics. From the unique vantage of credible citizen-candidates who ran against congressional incumbents from Massachusetts to Hawaii during the 1990s, Against Long Odds tackles the question of why incumbents nearly always win.
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The Presidential Election of 1996: Clinton's Incumbency and Television » Read Now
by E. D. Dover. 199 pgs.

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This book is an examination of the central role of incumbency in the televised world of American presidential elections and analyzes how an individual incumbent, Bill Clinton, influenced the recurring and predictable patterns of televised news in ways that secured his reelection.
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Missed Opportunity: Gore, Incumbency and Television in Election 2000 » Read Now
by E. D. Dover. 205 pgs.

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The 2000 presidential election marked the fourth time since 1960 when a president retired and his party nominated his leading surrogate, the vice president, as potential successor. Dover explains why television-age vice presidents win nominations and shows what they have to do to win the general...
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The 2000 presidential election marked the fourth time since 1960 when a president retired and his party nominated his leading surrogate, the vice president, as potential successor. Dover explains why television-age vice presidents win nominations and shows what they have to do to win the general election. He applies that model to the leading events of the 2000 campaign and shows why Gore lost.
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The U. S. House of Representatives: Reform or Rebuild? (Chap. 7 "Money and the Incumbency Advantage in U. S. House Elections") » Read Now
by Joseph F. Zimmerman, Wilma Rule. 240 pgs.

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The U.S. House of Representatives vastly overrepresents white males and underrepresents "minorities" and women. This essay collection examines the causes of the unrepresentative character of the House and analyzes reform possibilities, including alternative electoral systems, enlargement of the...
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The U.S. House of Representatives vastly overrepresents white males and underrepresents "minorities" and women. This essay collection examines the causes of the unrepresentative character of the House and analyzes reform possibilities, including alternative electoral systems, enlargement of the House, term limits, a new election campaign finance system, and more effective regulation of campaign contributions and expenditures.
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The Electoral Origins of Divided Government: Competition in U. S. House Elections, 1946-1988 (Chap. 3 "After the Primal Scream: The Incumbency Advantage Revisited") » Read Now
by Gary C. Jacobson. 152 pgs.

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...fundamental problems are political, not structural...value of House incumbency is neither the...of the entire political system. House and...regardless of House incumbency...
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Campaigns in the News: Mass Media and Congressional Elections (Chap. 4 "Why Some Constituencies Are Better Informed Than Most About the Positions of House Incumbents") » Read Now
by Jan Pons Vermeer. 230 pgs.

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"Vermeer's competently edited volume fills a void in the literature by focusing on mass media in congressional elections. . . . The project is well executed. The quality of the articles varies, but overall this edited collection is important because it addresses a topic which has not been covered very well." Choice
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Continuity and Change in House Elections (Chap. 4 "Money and Office: The Sources of the Incumbency Advantage in Congressional Campaign Finance" and Chap. 9 "Difference in Legislative Voting Behavior between Winning and Losing House Incumbents") » Read Now
by David W. Brady, John F. Cogan, Morris P. Fiorina. 297 pgs.

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The Functional Approach to Presidential Television Spots: Acclaiming, Attacking, Defending 1952-2000, in Communication Studies » Read Now
by William L. Benoit. 17 pgs.

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On the Feasibility of Unpopular Policies under Re-Election Concerns, in Southern Economic Journal » Read Now
by Y. Stephen Chiu. 18 pgs.

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...compete and dominate the political arena. Suppose that...following way: During its incumbency each partys leadership...Mon-is (2001) about political correctness...
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The Declining Role of the Frank in House Elections: The Withering Effect of Sunshine?, in Polity » Read Now
by Frank L. Davis. 14 pgs.

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...members of the class of 1991--tainted with incumbency even as junior members--had reason to...success demonstrated the insecurity of incumbency, felt compelled to spend...
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The New Direction in American Politics (Chap. Four "Incumbency and Realignment in Congressional Elections") » Read Now
by John E. Chubb, Paul E. Peterson. 414 pgs.

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...The Political Business Cycle...Conclusions 87 4. Incumbency and Realignment...and Congressional Incumbency on Vote for Congressional...Number of Registered Political Action...
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The Southern Strategy Revisited: Republican Top-Down Advancement in the South (Chap. 8 "Democratic Incumbency") » Read Now
by Joseph A. Aistrup. 302 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

The 1994 elections represented a watershed year for southern Republicans. For the first time since Reconstruction, they gained control of a majority of national seats and governorships. Yet, despite these impressive gains, southern Republicans control only three of twenty-two state legislative...
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The 1994 elections represented a watershed year for southern Republicans. For the first time since Reconstruction, they gained control of a majority of national seats and governorships. Yet, despite these impressive gains, southern Republicans control only three of twenty-two state legislative chambers and 37 percent of state legislative seats. Joseph A. Aistrup addresses why this divergence between the national and subnational levels persists even after GOP national landslides in 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1994.
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Democrats under Siege in the Sunbelt Megastates: California, Florida, and Texas ("Incumbency's Effects" begins on p. 20) » Read Now
by Albert J. Nelson. 126 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

This timely study examines the increasing importance of the Sunbelt and its "megastates"--Florida, California, and Texas--in the U.S. election process. The purpose of the work is to provide a longitudinal analysis of partisan and gender election success and incumbency in the elections of 1986, 1988...
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This timely study examines the increasing importance of the Sunbelt and its "megastates"--Florida, California, and Texas--in the U.S. election process. The purpose of the work is to provide a longitudinal analysis of partisan and gender election success and incumbency in the elections of 1986, 1988, 1992, and the "realignment" of 1994 (bringing up to date some of the classic studies from the 1970s and 1980s). In tracing the pattern of partisan success, the effect of incumbency, and the success of males and females in each party, the author is able to project the likely success of the two parties in the 1996 and subsequent elections in each megastate. This important election-year book will be of interest to scholars, students, and practitioners of politics.
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