Editing Sacrificial lamb (section)

==In politics==
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In [[politics]], a sacrificial lamb candidate is a candidate chosen to contest an [[election]] with little chance of victory. The [[political party]] thus appoints the person as a sort of "sacrifice" to the stronger opponent.

In some cases, fielding a sacrificial lamb candidate can serve as an opportunity for the party to be more creative in choosing a candidate than would normally be considered acceptable in a closely contested race. [[Alan Keyes]] and [[Geraldine A. Ferraro]] are examples in American politics.  In [[1956 United States presidential election|1956]], [[Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai Stevenson]] was considered a sacrificial lamb candidate for [[President of the United States|president]] against [[Dwight Eisenhower]]. In [[United States Senate election in New York, 2004|2004]], [[Howard Mills]] was considered a sacrificial lamb candidate for the [[U.S. Senate]] from [[New York (state)|New York]] against [[Chuck Schumer]].