Overall, incumbents fared extremely well in the metropolitan region.
Republicans are also banking on an overall anti-incumbent atmosphere.
Overall, 21 incumbents lost their seats, among them several prominent Sunni Islamists.
In a situation of no overall control, the incumbent government gets the first chance at creating a coalition.
Overall, the Republican incumbent has an advantage with outside forces, with around $800,000 in support, compared to the Democratic challenger's $93,000 in assistance.
Islamists under any label tended to garner fewer votes than the female winners, and incumbents overall had lower vote totals than many newcomers.
While elders might not challenge the incumbents' overall stance, said Chen, "they do pay attention to key events – especially political reform, their historical reputation or evaluation, and their children or relatives' career arrangements".
When it comes to the personal billfolds of Congressional incumbents, overall, Democrats slightly edge out Republicans with a median net worth just a few thousand above the million mark (in the Senate, GOP members do a little better than Dems; in the House, it's the opposite).
And it uses Congressional approval ratings — which are historically low right now — to gauge the overall degree of pro-incumbent or anti-incumbent sentiment.
By midway through Eastern voting hours on November 9th 2004, in fact, Edison-Mitofsky's clients were fully persuaded that an overall John Kerry victory over incumbent George W Bush was absolutely certain.
