Parachute candidate
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A parachute candidate, also known as a “carpetbagger” in the United States, is a pejorative term for an election candidate who does not live in and has little connection to the area he or she is running to represent. The allegation is thus that the candidate is being “parachuted in” for the job by a desperate political party which has no reliable talent indigeous to the district or state to use or that the party (or the candidate himself/herself) wishes to give a candidate an easier election than would happen in his or her own area.
See also
- List of democracy and elections-related topics
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