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And six years into an incumbency is always bad for the incumbent's party.
They just bought themselves an incumbency insurance plan.
Presence pays dividends in what is known as an "incumbency bonus".
According to several commentators, the party of government benefits from an incumbency boost.
Common Cause, a group that advocates for an open, honest government, has called the items an "incumbency protection program".
"It's an incumbency protection system," said Rachel Leon, executive director of the New York State branch of Common Cause.
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All three representatives had the benefit of an entrenched incumbency in 2012, and each represents a district that was fundamentally altered by redistricting in 2010 to lean more Republican.
Mr Obama is the latest in an escalating series of fund-raising presidents, says Mr Doherty, not an outlier.The incumbency advantage is also the issue in the flap this anniversary week over how much credit Mr Obama should claim for ordering America's navy SEALs into Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden.
It foresees an Obama incumbency marked by terrorist attacks on American cities, rampant crime as guns are confiscated, a nuclear attack on Israel and the Boy Scouts' disbanding to avoid court-empowered gay leaders.
The legislature was pursuing the "inarguabl[e] political goals of implementing an 8/3 incumbency protection plan".
However much Labour supporters spat about him, David Cameron was a well-liked leader, with a hefty incumbency advantage.
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