Answer:incumbent:the holder of an office or post.
challenger:a person who engages in a contest.
liberal: (in a political context) favoring maximum individual liberty in political and social reform.
conservative: holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion.
moderate:average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.
front-runner: the contestant that is leading in a race or other competition.
dark horse:a candidate or competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins or succeeds.
I believe the answer is: sleep debt
Sleep debt refers to accumulative effect that keep increasing as people keep not getting enough time for proper sleep. Studies show that in the long run, sleep debt would resulted in decreasing overall productivity and the actual effect of repaying sleep debt could only be felt if the debt is paid within one week period.
A plebiscite is like an vote
Definition - A vote by people of an entire country or an district to decide the issues
$50 times 4 million barrels/day is $200 million/day which is $73 billion/year.