candidates

Synonyms

candidate nominee applicant interviewee shortlist preset candidating

Examples

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. Gore Vidal

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process. Adlai Stevenson II

I haven't the slightest idea how to change people, but I still keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out. David Sedaris

Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust. Ralph Nader

Candidates for circumcision. Kikuyu Proverb

Candidates for circumcision. Bajan Proverb