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Congressional stagnation is an American political theory that attempts to explain the high rate of incumbency re-election to the United States House of Representatives.In recent years this rate has been well over 90 per cent, with rarely more than 5–10 incumbents losing their House seats every election cycle.
The word "incumbent" is derived from the Latin verb incumbere, literally meaning "to lean or lay upon" with the present participle stem incumbent-, "leaning a variant of encumber, [1] while encumber is derived from the root cumber, [2] most appropriately defined: "To occupy obstructively or inconveniently; to block fill up with what hinders freedom of motion or action; to burden, load."
A high correlation between election and incumbency has been demonstrated in congressional races. The success rate of incumbent members of the U.S. House of Representatives seeking re-election averaged 93.5 percent during the 1960s and 1970s. [1] Statistically, the initial edge for the incumbent candidate is 2-4 percent of the vote. [2]
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In U.S. politics, a primary challenge is when an incumbent holding elective office is challenged by a member of their own political party in a primary election.Such events, known informally as "being primaried," are noteworthy and not frequent in the United States, as traditionally political parties support incumbents, both for party unity and to minimize the possibility of losing the seat to ...
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Midterm elections are regarded as a referendum on the sitting president's and/or incumbent party's performance. [7] [8] The party of the incumbent president tends to lose ground during midterm elections: [9] since World War II, the president's party has lost an average of 26 seats in the House, and an average of four seats in the Senate.
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