In hard times, new blood wins the day

The anti-incumbency ticket has always been used with varying degrees of success. In times of economic prosperity it's a ticket that's unlikely to yield much success. Wartime presidents tend to survive such campaigns; it's the only way one can explain George W Bush's second term.But in an environment where the citizenry feel poorer, and that's regardless of whether one has a job or not, the anti-incumbency ticket can yield great dividends.