Concept information
Preferred term
candidate selection
Definition
- Candidate selection is one of the first things political parties must do before an election. Those who are eventually elected to office are the successful candidates whom the parties previously selected, and the ones who will subsequently determine what the party looks like and does. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Candidate Selection]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/candidate_selection
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