Which term best represents the people competing to be elected in a campaign?

The answer would be candidates. Candidates remaining for office are subsidiary with political gatherings which both characterize a competitor's belief system and strategy position while mirroring a rundown of issues with which the electorate can distinguish in light of a political gathering stage as reflected in the applicant's race guarantees to the general population. Hopefuls as people speak to a gathering stage and with the assistance and support of their partnered party mechanical assembly, they vie for open office, do race crusades, and attempt to persuade voting nationals to cast their vote for them.

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