Incumbency Advantage Posted on Saturday, August 14, 2004 Does anyone else think there should be a an incumbency advantage that you could toggle on and off for one candidate during the game setup? Incumbents usually have a fairly strong advantage, even at the presidential level (though, admittedly, that advantage usually is that the top-tier challenger candidates usually don't challenge an incumbent president, ala Cuomo and Bush Sr.) and the game should probably model that. If I had to make a recomendation, I'd say it should be a nationwide awareness bonus, given that almost all Americans know the sitting president's stances on most major issues and who he is.