Matches in DBpedia 2015-04 for { ?s ?p "A dummy candidate is a candidate who stands for election with no intention of winning. A dummy candidate can serve to direct preferences to other candidates in order to increase the serious candidate's share of the vote, or to take advantage of benefits afforded political candidates (such as advertising or campaign financing). The term can also refer to a candidate who stands under a similar name as a more established candidate so as to damage the other genuine candidate.Dummy candidates can also result from candidates withdrawing from a particular race, but being unable to pull their name off the ballot, remaining listed as a choice."@en }
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- Dummy_candidate abstract "A dummy candidate is a candidate who stands for election with no intention of winning. A dummy candidate can serve to direct preferences to other candidates in order to increase the serious candidate's share of the vote, or to take advantage of benefits afforded political candidates (such as advertising or campaign financing). The term can also refer to a candidate who stands under a similar name as a more established candidate so as to damage the other genuine candidate.Dummy candidates can also result from candidates withdrawing from a particular race, but being unable to pull their name off the ballot, remaining listed as a choice.".