Editing Perennial candidate (section)

==Reason for running==
It has been noted that some perennial candidates take part in an election with the aim of winning,<ref name="NPRPerennialCandidate"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Bor|first1=Jonathan|date=October 2, 2005|title=Perennial candidate 'always ran to win'|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-pierpontobit100205-story.html|access-date=August 29, 2021|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624010111/https://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-pierpontobit100205-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and some do have ideas to convey on the campaign trail, regardless of their chance for winning.<ref name="CBCPerennialCandidate"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Gardner|first1=Steven|date=May 20, 2008|title=Perennial Candidate Says It's Not About Winning|work=[[Kitsap Sun]]|publisher=[[Gannett]]|location=[[Bremerton, Washington]]|url=http://archive.kitsapsun.com/news/local/perennial-candidate-says-its-not-about-winning-ep-422037644-358600081.html|access-date=August 28, 2021}}</ref>  Others have names similar to known candidates, and hope that the confusion will lead to success.

Some perennial candidates may mount a run as a way to help strengthen their party's standing in a parliamentary body, in an effort to become [[kingmaker]] in the event of a political stalemate.<ref>{{cite news|title=港报社评: 宋楚瑜明知会输一定要赢|language=zh-hans|trans-title=Hong Kong Newspaper Editorial: James Soong knows he will lost, but he must win|work=[[Hong Kong Economic Journal]]|agency=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idCNL3S10I14L20150807|access-date=August 28, 2021|quote=宋楚瑜这位人所称颂的「政治精算师」胜算渺茫, 他自己肯定比谁都清楚, 那他为什么还要明知不可为而为之?最合理的推测是宋楚瑜企图成为足以左右大局的关键少数派, 选总统第四次落败不重要, 重要的是利用曝光机会拉抬他一手创立的亲民党, 争取最多的立委席位, 假如下届立法院选举一如预料蓝营绿营皆不过半, 高举非蓝非绿旗帜的第三势力有望荣膺造王者.(The winning odds of James Soong, a man praised by people as a 'political calculator,' are slim, and he certainly knows that better than any other person, but why is he doing what he knows cannot happen? The most reasonable assumption is he is trying to be a key minority. Losing the presidency four times is not important. The most important thing is he uses his exposure to lift the election results of the People First Party he founded, and win more parliamentary seats. If the next Legislative Yuan election does, as predicted, create a situation with neither the pan-blue and pan-green camps have a majority, the non-blue, non-green camp can become the kingmaker)}}</ref>

Some perennial candidates have been accused of running for office continuously as a way to get [[Publicly funded elections|public election funding]].<ref>{{cite news|date=September 7, 2015|title=宋楚瑜選不停為補助款? 施明德: 難免會聯想到|language=zh-hant|trans-title=James Song is running non-stop for public election money? Shih Ming-teh: it's hard not to imagine|work=NOWNews|location=[[Taipei]], [[Republic of China|Republic of China (Taiwan)]]|url=https://n.yam.com/Article/20150907259904|access-date=August 28, 2021}}</ref> Some have also been accused of being backed by the government of their country, in an effort to make the government appear more rational in comparison.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ludwig|first1=Jonathan Z.|date=March 14, 2018|title=The Illusion of Russian Elections and Russian Power|pages=2|work=SAGE International Australia|url=https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/resources/docs/SAGE_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%CC%88%D0%BC%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%20The%20Illusion%20of%20Russian%20Elections.pdf|access-date=November 6, 2024|quote=Perennial candidate and leader of the LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky, long thought to be funded by the Kremlin to make them look rational by comparison, is once again on the ballot.}}</ref>

[[Novelty candidate]]s are those who run for office as a form of satire or protest, with no serious policies.