Open seat (elective office)
- Open seat (elective office)
Open Seat refers to an elective office for which no incumbent office holder seeks re-election. Given the incumbency advantage in legislative elections in the United States and Japan, such races typically offer non-incumbents their best opporunities to win office. As a consequence the lectoral competition for open seats is often more intense than in other races.
References
* David R. Mayhew. "Congress: The Electoral Connection". (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1974).
* John Hickman. " [http://www.jstor.org/sici?sici=0362-9805(199211)17%3A4%3C573%3ATEOOSO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I The Effect of Open Seats on Challenger Strength in Japanese Lower House Elections] " "Legislative Studies Quarterly" 17,4 (Nov. 1992), Pp. 573-584.
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