The Anti-Incumbent Effect
After staying up late last night watching the defeat of three federal incumbents (Rep. Joe Schwarz (R) in Michigan's 7th, Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D) in Georgia's 4th, and Senator Joe Lieberman (D) in CT) I got to wondering what impact the growing anti-incumbent sentiment might have on our own elections here in the District. I would think the conventional wisdom is that any anti-incumbent sentiment would help the perceived outsiders - Fenty and Johns, at the expense of the entrenched, incumbents like Linda Cropp.
Of course, a bigger question is whether or not the District's political landscape is shaped by the same winds that blow in the rest of the country? Could it be that a wave of anti-incumbency sweeping the nation would have no impact on the insular and isolated politics of the District?
Thoughts?
Of course, a bigger question is whether or not the District's political landscape is shaped by the same winds that blow in the rest of the country? Could it be that a wave of anti-incumbency sweeping the nation would have no impact on the insular and isolated politics of the District?
Thoughts?
posted by ChrisBarronDC at 7:29 AM
1 Comments:
We had a pretty good anti-incumbent wave in DC in 2004. Three incumbent council members lost. Of course this time thanks to Orange and Patterson leaving their seats and trying to move up we don't even have three incumbents running, unless you count Eleanor Holmes Norton.
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