Democracy And Participation- Incumbency

Question 1

Three themes

Answer 1

Fundraising/money
Name recognition, media attention, lack primary challenges
Experience and time in office

Question 2

Introduction incumbent adv presidential and congressional

Answer 2

Incumbents are diff but not impossible to beat- lichtman
Loa- largely but depends doesnt gaurentee- trump

Question 3

Paragraph to choose- incumbent adv

Answer 3

Experience and time in office

Question 4

Experience and time in office- yes

Answer 4

V much congressional, less so presidential

Gerrymandering decreases comp— fair voe.org ‘politicians to choose their voters before the voters choose them’
Creatiing distorted safe seats- packing or cracking (remove opp)
2022- 17 unchallenged
2019- sc upheld n carolina
Can introduce politicies believe fdo well with voters - 2012 obama able to take credit propular foriegn policy- osama bin laden, mitt romeny not

Question 5

Experience and time in office no

Answer 5

Being incumbent with 4y white house experience also be disadv- tv debates generalised or on policies
Trump v biden
George h busg struggled to defend his time in office 1992- econ not doing well and had to go back on popular promise 1988 ‘read my lips, no new taxes