"hopefuls" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is used to refer to people who have hope or expectations that something will happen. Example: The hopefuls stood in line eagerly waiting to audition for the show.
Half of those erstwhile hopefuls now know that they have no hope.
The path to the university, whose president is Donna Shalala, the long-serving health secretary during both terms of Bill Clinton's administration, is well trodden by White House hopefuls: Mitt Romney was here three weeks ago for a Spanish-language interview in an attempt to woo the Hispanic vote.
Too many in Labour are looking back on Tony Blair's time in office with "rose-tinted glasses" and claiming pejoratively that the party no longer understands aspiration, Sadiq Khan, one of the party's London mayoral hopefuls, has said.
Speaking on the BBC1's Andrew Marr Show, the shadow home secretary attempted to draw a distinction between her approach and those of the two other main hopefuls, Burnham and Kendall, who have been quicker to distance themselves from some of former leader Ed Miliband's election policies.
Related: Republican elite swarm New Hampshire as host of 2016 hopefuls take the stage The full-to-bursting roster of Republican presidential aspirants expanded again over the weekend after John Kasich, the governor of the crucial swing-state of Ohio, laid the groundwork for a run on the White House with an unusual attack on Wall Street.
Voters in the state are typically the first Americans to have their say on the country's presidential hopefuls, thanks to the Iowa caucuses.
Labour hopefuls will be praying that the Lib Dems lose both Alexander and Clegg – the two most closely aligned with the Tories.
Cruz, a Tea Party favorite, is expecting to formally join a crowded field of presidential hopefuls in the coming weeks.
Many of the 25 other hopefuls may struggle to secure more than a handful of votes.
In the final pages, we find Louis offering advice to pop hopefuls who've faced bad news.
Other teenage hopefuls running for office around the country on 7 May include Taylor Muir, 19, the Conservative candidate for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, and Michael Burrows, standing for Ukip in Inverclyde, 18, and Declan Lloyd, who is contesting South East Cornwall for Labour.
