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Anti-incumbency (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) An anti-incumbent vote is one exercised against elected officials currently in power. It allows the voters to register their discontent with sitting government officials, particularly when protesting against certain actions taken by the government or the elected officials in question.

The Anti-Incumbency Movement is Dead: by Joel S. Hirschhorn, November 06, 2008. Voting out congressional incumbents failed this year, making the anti-incumbency movement a clear failure. For some years, many groups and their websites have been advocating voting out congressional incumbents as an effective means to reform government and make it work better. Two of the better ones are Vote Out Incumbents Democracy, and Tenure Corrupts.
Congress’ average seat retention rate since 1855 is 95.4 percent. There was a 3.6 percent decrease in seat retention in Congress from 99.2 percent in 2004 to 95.6 percent in 2006. But this modest improvement was aimed mostly at Republican incumbents, when what is really needed is a bipartisan approach.

Voters are anti-incumbent and angry, new poll finds (2006)W ASHINGTON (CNN) -- Most Americans are angry about "something" when it comes to how the country is run, and they are more likely than in previous years to vote for a challenger this November, a new poll suggests.

Throwing the Bums Out - How a small-town businessman sparked an anti-incumbency movement in Pennsylvania--and what it means for national politics. Russ Diamond, a businessman from Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, put up just $182.47 last year to launch PACleanSweep.com, a site dedicated to defeating every single incumbent in the Pennsylvania legislature. It’s safe to say his money has been well spent. During the previous decade, no more than five legislators had been voted out of office in any election year. But in this year’s May primary, 17 sitting lawmakers, including two Senate leaders with more than five decades of experience between them, were denied the chance to stand for re-election. The 17 defeated lawmakers, plus the 30 members who announced their retirement following the same wave of public outrage, added up to almost a 20 percent turnover for the next legislative session. And there’s still the general election in November to come.

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