Two patterns that can be found within the graph are that House
incumbents walk away victorious much more often than Senate incumbents;
and that the number of House incumbent victories is slowly rising, over
time.
One possible reason why incumbents usually win are that
people trust already elected officials, and believe that they won't
mess up too badly, based on their track-records; if the incumbent didn't
have a major scandal, then their constituents continue to trust the
incumbent, and return them to office, on the same ideals, and platforms
they won with the first time. Another possible reason is that the same
people who voted for them the first time, vote for them again, and due
to their superior numbers, the incumbents win; if the majority party in
one particular area is republican, then they shall generally vote for
the republican candidate, thus the incumbent continues to win the
republican vote over, and over again, so as to keep their position.
A possible consequence of the incumbency system in the Unites States is
that by continuing to re-elect the same people to Congress, and the
Senate is that no fresh idea's will enter the political system, and
nothing will ever change; we need game-changers to win elections, and
change the political landscape.
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