The answer, I believe, is due to the fact of long term incumbency. Fianna Fáil will have been in office for all but two-and-a-half years of the past twenty years come the time of the next election. ... Listed below are links to weblogs that reference The Disadvantages of Incumbency...
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Is incumbency a disadvantage for women under proportional representation electoral systems with high district magnitudes, or is it just a problem in ...
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In modelling incumbency as Stackelberg leadership, it is natural to ask if such incumbency confers advantages or disadvantages on the candidate and the ...
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Incumbency has distinct advantages and disadvantages. Though someone my be the incumbent, that does not mean that they are unbeatable. A saying in football is that on any given Sunday, any team can beat any team.
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Electoral Vulnerability and the Incumbency. Disadvantage. byJames R. Bowers, St. John Fisher. College. Richard F. Fenno, Jr., Wben Incumbency ...
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Election to Congress a. using incumbency to stay in Congress b. the pitfalls of incumbency; 1. troublesome issues; 2. personal misconduct; 3. turnout variation: the midterm election; 4. strong challengers: a problem for senators;
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Thus, with name recognition, a more effective television ad campaign, and despite incumbency disadvantages and Democratic support in light of the passing of Patsy Mink, Lingle's victory is not an entire deviation from the model.
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True, the Congress faces incumbency disadvantages in some of these. But leveraging them is one thing. Using Hindutva to launch a campaign of killing, and then electorally exploiting it, is quite another. The 'Modi Formula' does not apply in the first set of conditions.
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Even if the party bags the post of the Mayor, the anti-incumbency factor will come into play affecting the prospects of the party in the civic body poll.
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