incumbency
Current position's duration
Incumbency is the state of holding an office or position, or the period during which someone holds it: Her incumbency lasted twelve years.
In politics, incumbency often implies advantages—name recognition, fundraising networks, and the power to shape events: The incumbency effect makes unseating a sitting senator difficult.
Protected employment status
- termFixed period or word
- officeProfessional work location
- seatPlace for sitting
- positionLocation or stance
administration · reign · service · stint · continuity · duration · reelection · retention
Voting someone back in
- name recognitionPublic familiarity with someone
- fundraisingSoliciting money for organizations
- visibilityRange of clear sight
- frankingStamping mail prepaid
resources · staff · polling · campaign · war chest · brand · network · clout
Those who cast ballots
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
- electorateEligible voting body
- ballotVoting document
- pollsOpinion surveys or voting sites
primaries · nomination · campaign · candidates · turnout · mandate · endorsement · partisanship
Energy transfer rate
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- leadershipAbility to direct others
- controlAuthority to direct
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
jurisdiction · oversight · command · rule · stewardship · charge · responsibility · accountability
tenure
Protected employment status
position · administration · reign · service · stint · continuity · duration · reelection · retention · succession
reelection
Voting someone back in
- name recognitionPublic familiarity with someone
- fundraisingSoliciting money for organizations
- visibilityRange of clear sight
franking · resources · staff · polling · campaign · war chest · brand · network · clout · recognition
voters
Those who cast ballots
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
- electorateEligible voting body
- ballotVoting document
polls · primaries · nomination · campaign · candidates · turnout · mandate · endorsement · partisanship · democracy
power
Energy transfer rate
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- leadershipAbility to direct others
- controlAuthority to direct
administration · jurisdiction · oversight · command · rule · stewardship · charge · responsibility · accountability · duty
- presidencyOval Office, president, Washington, executive branch, veto
- political sciencepolitical science, political theory, political behavior, political economy, political institutions
- beneficesbenefice, living, rectory, vicarage, curacy
- church lawcanon law, church court, papal bull, papal bulls, papal decree
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
incumbencycandidacy
Pursuit of office
candidature · opposition · newcomer · upstart · challenger
- incumbent presidentCurrent holder of presidency
- incumbent advantageEdge from already holding office