What is anti-incumbent ?
ßback ANSWER: An anti-incumbent vote is against the current office holder, and for a candidate that currently does not hold that office. The history of anti-incumbent voting in the United States demonstrates that Americans, periodically, become dissatisfied, and choose to vote out larger-than-usual percentages of incumbents (as in 1950-1952, 1976-1980, and 1992-1994). The reason, perhaps, may be that voters hope that newcomers will do a better job. Unfortunately, it is only temporarily effective (if at all) if voters only do it once, if incumbents (who resist reforms) always outnumber newcomers, and voters fail to provide sufficient incentives to incumbents to pass reforms, and adequately address the nation’s most important goals and pressing problems.
