The incumbent’s advantage in Latin America owes much to the feeble regulations restricting the government’s use of the state apparatus for campaign purposes. The scope for abuse of power, public money, the media, and most state institutions available to sitting presidents makes it almost impossible to defeat them.
拉丁美洲的在任者之所以获得如此优势，很大程度上是因为对政府动用国家机器为竞选造势的限制很小。在任总统可以大规模滥用权力、公共资金、媒体和大部分国家机构，这使得他们几乎不可战胜。