Incumbency in a sentence

But last time i.e. in the year 2018, such an anti-incumbency i.e. anti-incumbency situation was created and that situation still persists.

Anti-incumbency might be there but it will not affect our chances.

Govardhan has won the seat five times since 1994 but faces anti-incumbency now.

Incumbency bias has proven a critical factor in the aging of Congress.

Incumbency comes with privileges.

Out of 28, 24 incumbents were voted in again, many of them, cutting across party lines, for over four to five terms, indicating a pro-incumbency trend in the city, which has characterised it for decades now.

The CDD Election Analysis Centre (CDD-EAC) says it observed abuse of the power of incumbency for unfair partisan party-political electoral advantage by the governing parties during the off-cycle governorship polls in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo.

What if, in an era of profound distrust and ingrained political disaffection, incumbency has turned into advantage?

While the ruling BJP, riding on the Modi juggernaut, is hopeful of breaking the 38-year jinx — the state has never voted the incumbent party to power since 1985 — the Congress is seeking to wrest power in the state riding on the “anti-incumbency” factor.

As the party faces ten years of incumbency, it aims to address all potential issues, including the election date, to secure a favourable outcome.

Can the BJP reverse anti-incumbency?

However, Biden's incumbency is a huge turnoff to more conservative-leaning voters, like 72-year-old Pam Blakeman, a county Republican leader who hates inflation and crime.

If not, we should deprive them of the only thing they really care about: their incumbency.

Katihar is one of the seats that the Janata Dal (United) may find hard to secure victory in, given the strong anti-incumbency discourse against sitting MP Dulalchand Gowami.

One of Number 10’s responses to anti-incumbency will be to talk less about the “five missions”, a concept that Labour MPs complain has never caught the imagination of voters, and focus more intensely on living standards.

Other more consequential factors, such as incumbency, campaign funding, name recognition and running as a Democrat, contribute to electoral success much more than having a Japanese wife, friend or middle name.

The anti-incumbency sentiment against the 10-year rule of Bhupinder Singh Hooda in Haryana and the UPA in the Centre, and the rising factor were the key factors for this change.

The president took multiple swipes at Trump; his prepared remarks referenced “my predecessor” 13 times as Biden seized the bully pulpit, one of the advantages of incumbency.

While the Congress is banking on "strong anti-incumbency" against the BJP, the latter is depending on its "good performance and achievements" of the last 10 years.

After all, Markey has all the advantages of incumbency.