Editing Parachute candidate (section)

{{Short description|Term for political candidate with little connection to district}}

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A '''parachute candidate''', or '''carpetbagger''' in the United States, is a pejorative term<ref name="NDP-crit">{{cite news|title=NDP criticized for running parachute candidate in Labrador|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ndp-criticized-for-running-parachute-candidate-in-labrador-1.734870|accessdate=24 Feb 2015|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=19 September 2008}}</ref> 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 (or the candidate themselves) wishes to give a candidate an easier election than would happen in their home area. The term also carries the implication that the candidacy has been imposed without regard to the existing local hierarchy.<ref>[https://www.oed.com/dictionary/parachute_v?tab=meaning_and_use parachute (v) 3a, 3b] [[Oxford English Dictionary]]: Retrieved 30 September 2023.</ref>