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100			_aCarson, J.L. Sievert, J. and Williamson, R.D. _921220
245			_aNationalization and the incumbency advantage
260			_aPolitical Research Quarterly
300			_a73(1), Mar, 2020: p.156-168
520			_aLegislative scholars have investigated both the growth in the incumbency advantage since the early 1970s and its decline in recent decades, but there are several unanswered questions about this phenomenon. In this paper, we examine the incumbency advantage across a much wider swath of history to better understand its connection with changing levels of electoral nationalization. Based on an analysis of U.S. House elections extending back to the antebellum era, we find that the incumbency advantage fluctuates in predictable ways over time with changes in nationalization, which can be a product of both institutional and political conditions. We also demonstrate that the increased influence of local forces in congressional elections may not be strictly necessary nor sufficient for the existence of an incumbency advantage. – Reproduced
650			_aCongress, Incumbency advantage, Nationalization, Elections _919376
773			_aPolitical Research Quarterly
906			_aELECTIONS
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