06-12-2016, 10:57 AM
(06-12-2016, 10:53 AM)Benton Wrote: Both support what studies have said for years: Incumbents are more likely to maintain office. Challengers typically draw more undecided voters or those who dont consider themselves tied to a party. But mainly people just vote for incumbents no matter how inept they are.
Why that happens is still up in the air, but it doesn't have anything to do with race.
Yeah, I have definitely noticed that in order for an incumbent to be ousted it is more likely to happen at the primary level. At least from what I have paid attention to.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
