Sentence examples for incumbency rate from inspiring English sources

QUESTION FROM BRIAN J.: How do you reconcile the dysfunction of the Senate with its 90% incumbency rate?

Yet their incumbency rate was actually higher than usual: 97percentt in the House and 98percentt in the Senate.

Since World War II, the incumbency rate has been about 80percentt for the House of Representatives and 73percentt for the Senate.

The national incumbency re-election rate is in the 90th percentile.

3. Incumbency: The incumbent-party candidate is the sitting president.

3. Incumbency: The incumbent party's candidate is the sitting president.

Another 35percentt rated W.'s incumbency in the bottom fourth, and only four of the 109 respondents even ranked Bush among the top two-thirds of American presidents.

Sign a "certificate of incumbency" indicating that you are the incumbent.

And despite the Republicans' best efforts, little of Westchester residents' recent anger over soaring tax rates has translated into disenchantment with the Democratic incumbency.

Given the advantages of incumbency, even sluggish growth and a glacial decline in the 9.1 percent unemployment rate could preserve the current divided government.

In addition to polling data, these analysts are taking into account "fundamentals" — factors that supposedly capture the state of the political playing field — like incumbency, campaign funding, prior experience, and President Obama's job-approval rating.