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Incumbency Advantage Eroding
The traditional advantage of being an incumbent president is diminishing as most voters have become disenchanted with politics and the state of the country regardless of who is in charge. Incumbent presidents no longer have the same edge in elections as before, with the last time an incumbent president winning by a larger margin in his second term being 20 years ago. This shift is attributed to the disillusionment of voters, allowing former incumbents like Donald Trump to leverage their past accomplishments as a way to promise a better future without taking responsibility for the current state of the country.