Why is it so difficult to defeat incumbants during congressional elections?

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Incumbents vs . New Candidates in Congressional Elections

Winning an election is a very methodical process . It can 't be won by sheer luck . The campaign should be planned carefully and systematically executed . If elections are won through deliberations , then the results shouldn 't be predictable as we are experiencing it now . Elections are won by the candidate 's degree of popularity , a large budget for campaign , and good political relations . These elements are the advantages incumbent politicians have over

incoming politicians

To win the control of the Congress almost equals the importance of winning the control for the Whitehouse . Currently , the balance of power of the opposing political parties is quite close . This is very important because unlike the Parliament system , in the U .S the Congress has separate powers with that of the president . All laws are supposed to be passed first in the Congress

To win control of the Congress means more numbers in politicians having the same agendas , this in turn grant political parties more power over the politics of the government . Although , members of the congress are free to decide whether they are in favor or not in a certain law , they are likely to favor the decision of fellow politicians of the same party . As the clichy says , birds of the same feather flock together Opposing political parties are existing because they can 't agree on certain issues therefore there are disputes , and these disputes are won by votes . If there are more party members that won the election and is able to vote in disputes within the Congress , then it is logical that it favors the political party with the most number of politicians . After all , there is considerable strength in numbers

It is very logical that voters favor candidates that they 've known longer as opposed to the new faces they 've just seen during the campaign period . The time voters learn about a candidate is connected to how much they 've learned from the candidate (Abramowitz 1975 . Voters can relate more to incumbents because they can simply review the incumbents performance during their past term /s . It will also favor the incumbent more if he had a decent performance during his or her past term /s . It is not uncommon that in politics a politician 's blunder is easily covered-up . I 'm not stereotyping all politicians , just stating their obvious advantage . Voters are also unlikely to gamble in having put to the hands of a new politician the mercy of their area , especially if the incumbent has done a decent work regarding his political position

Incumbents also have the advantage of the support of their respective political parties . It may come as financial and the predetermined support of their respective party 's loyalists . Being part of a political party means wider campaigning capabilities and endorsements of other politicians running for the highest seats in the government . Of course the non-incumbents also belong...