Is anti-incumbency dead?
Updated On: 01 June, 2009 10:10 AM IST | | Balaji Narasimhan
The resounding victory of the UPA forces us to ask one simple question does the so-called anti-incumbency factor have any say at all these days?
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The resounding victory of the UPA forces us to ask one simple question does the so-called anti-incumbency factor have any say at all these days?
I'm asking this question because this factor is usually applied as a blanket prescription. Ask somebody what will happen in an election and automatically you hear the reply that the party currently in the opposition will come to power. Why? Simple, says the person to whom this question is addressed. The anti-incumbency factor.
I'm asking this question because this factor is usually applied as a blanket prescription. Ask somebody what will happen in an election and automatically you hear the reply that the party currently in the opposition will come to power. Why? Simple, says the person to whom this question is addressed. The anti-incumbency factor.
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