Noun

Singular candidate

Plural candidates

candidate (plural candidates)

  1. A person who is running in an election or who is applying to a position for a job.
  2. A participant in an examination.

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Mon Sep 7 06:10:27 2009

"Nomination" is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to an office, or the bestowing of an honor or award. "Presumptive nominee" is a term used when a person or organization believes that the nomination in inevitable. The act of being a candidate in a race is called a "candidacy."

"Candidate" is a derivative of the Latin "candida" (white). In Ancient Rome, people running for political office would usually wear togas chalked and bleached to be bright white at speeches, debates, conventions, and other public functions.

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Sun Sep 13 20:00:45 2009

What happens to a candidate's delegates when they drop out of the primary race?
Q. Do they go to the next highest person in the state, the leading candidate, or are they free game again?
Asked by SC - Thu Feb 7 13:00:05 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. delegates are essentially free agents at that point. usually they will "get in line" and follow the leader of the party. this year the dems will jockey for these orphaned delegates. acc to the nytimes, 3 of edwards' delegates are on obama's side already! go obama!
Answered by bnevs111 - Thu Feb 7 13:09:59 2008

What happens if the presidential candidate dies before the electoral college meets?
Q. The votes are cast, and the presidential candidate dies. The electoral college has not voted yet. What happens?
Asked by sumerfun101 - Thu Oct 30 21:44:57 2008 - - 14 Answers - 0 Comments

A. After 1932 the 20th amendment to The Constitution covers that. Section 3 deals with it. Electoral College deals with the votes that the people cast, and votes for their state. Vice President Elect is the one, the new prez. unless Congress has a problem with them. They can disqualify the VP Elect and just make Nancy Pelosi the president if they choose to vote that way. Or they can get the party to qualify someone else.
Answered by Broken Veteran - Thu Oct 30 21:58:00 2008

How many states did each republican candidate win on Super Tuesday?
Q. I am a Republican and I am just curious to see how many states did each Republican Candidate win, all I know is I voted for McCain and he won my state.
Asked by dragonking7 - Wed Feb 6 16:40:48 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. These were primaries there wasn't a republican or democratic win over anything. Primaries were held to decide who wins in each party. Then in November the winner of each party's primaries will run against each other to see who wins the presidency.
Answered by Greg D - Wed Feb 6 16:53:06 2008

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