Wave elections in the United States

In political science, a wave election is one in which a political party wins a lot more than the other. In the United States, there is no agreement of how many wins are needed to be called a wave election.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Congressional incumbents in the United States have an advantage over challengers, but a wave election often helps challengers. This results in many more incumbents losing than usual during wave elections.^[1]

Related pages

Landslide victory

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Abramowitz, Alan (22 December 2011). "The Anti-Incumbent Election Myth". University of Virginia Center for Politics. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
↑ "Wave elections (1918-2016)/Full report". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
↑ Green, Matthew (2018). "Was it a 'blue wave' or not? That depends on how you define a 'wave.'". The Washington Post.

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[AAbramowitz-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Abramowitz, Alan (22 December 2011). "The Anti-Incumbent Election Myth". University of Virginia Center for Politics. Retrieved 23 June 2014.

[2] "Wave elections (1918-2016)/Full report". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2019-01-15.

[3] Green, Matthew (2018). "Was it a 'blue wave' or not? That depends on how you define a 'wave.'". The Washington Post.

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