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Reeq
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10. "we talking about *primaries* baby bro."
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youre referencing party flips in *general* elections.

the elections taking place right now are *intra-party* primaries. where incumbency and name recognition are even stronger advantages than in generals (party voters tend not to vote against the people they voted for last time).

which is why its shocking/huge news when an incumbent loses in a primary. like when eric cantor lost to dave brat in 2014. or when joe crowley lost to aoc in 2018.

here is a tweet from 2018 listing the amount of house incumbents who lost their primary races each election cycle for the past decade.
https://twitter.com/billscher/status/1037152313406889984

the avg is about 4.3 combined total between the parties. if you know the specific races where incumbents got beat (like the ones i listed above)...its roughly a 50/50 breakdown per party. so 2.15 incumbents unseated per party per primary cycle.

hope that helps.

  

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Georgia really don't like trump [View all] , c71, Wed May-25-22 06:48 AM
 
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It's like my brain wont accept that Georgia is politically changing
May 25th 2022
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They don't ?
May 25th 2022
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right?
May 25th 2022
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      As it has been in this post before, trump really went out against
May 25th 2022
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           so explain Hershel Walker and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
May 27th 2022
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           I think voters are tired of the stop the steal bullshit
May 27th 2022
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                Nah they stuck on stupid
May 27th 2022
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                     oh, I know a lot of them still believe it was stolen
May 27th 2022
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they voted for the incumbents with name recognition.
May 25th 2022
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This is all true. But the Georgia stuff is something
May 25th 2022
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Yeah, Nebraska felt important as well.
May 25th 2022
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history is the strongest indicator of human behavior.
May 25th 2022
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      "previous presidents dont tend to endorse against incumbents"
May 25th 2022
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where is that 2/cycle number from?
May 25th 2022
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      Interesting. Still leaves out retiring incumbents I'm assuming.
May 25th 2022
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           the most common reasons for incumbents retiring
May 25th 2022
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                any source on reasons incumbents retire?
May 26th 2022
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Oh I think you mean Senate, not House.
May 25th 2022
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More like they don’t like Abrams
May 27th 2022
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If Trumps on the ballot, they're still voting for him in '24
May 27th 2022
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