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Political science

the vote gain legislators receive at their first reelection, used with the retirement slump as a measure of incumbency advantage that Gelman and King show to be biased.

In political science, sophomore surge refers to the vote gain legislators receive at their first reelection, used with the retirement slump as a measure of incumbency advantage that Gelman and King show to be biased. This meaning comes from Gelman (1990) in American Journal of Political Science.[1]

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References

Gelman, A., & King, G. (1990). Estimating Incumbency Advantage without Bias. American Journal of Political Science, 34(4), 1142. https://doi.org/10.2307/2111475

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