Parachute candidate
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parachute-candidate-183-5281769
title:
Parachute candidate
text:
A parachute candidate, or carpetbagger in the United States, is a pejorative term for an election candidate who does not live in the area they are running to represent and has little connection to it. The allegation is thus that a desperate political party lacking reliable talent local to the district or region is "parachuting" the candidate in for the job or that the party wishes to give a candidate an easier election than would happen in their home area. The term also carries the implication t
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encyclopedia
description:
Term for political candidate with little connection to district
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute_candidate
date created:
2004-12-05T09:06:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T21:04:13Z
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