stalking horsenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈstɔː.kɪŋ ˌhɔːs/us/ˈstɑː.kɪŋ ˌhɔːrs/in politics, someone who competes for a position that they have no chance of winning, in order to divide the opposition to a particular group or to take attention away from another person who that group really wants to win.
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Voters & candidates in elections
- abstain
- aye
- constituency
- constituent
- contestant
- elector
- electoral college
- electorate
- floating voter
- independent
- no
- nominee
- plurality
- slate
- swing voter
- ticket
- voter
- write in
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