Sentence examples for marginal candidate from inspiring English sources

She was a marginal candidate, but her captivity has made her a heroine and a cause célèbre in France.

George Arzt, a veteran political consultant, said that although the endorsement would help galvanize black support for Mr. Barron, "he still is a marginal candidate".

Strategic voting, of the winking kind, is when you vote for the other party's weaker or more marginal candidate, hoping that it will help your side further along.

Voters always grumble about being offered no real choice and say a vote for a marginal candidate is a wasted vote, but real change occurs incrementally.

Mr. Sabrin, the former Libertarian, stressed his opposition to abortion and gun control in his final days of campaigning, an approach that many Republicans said kept him a marginal candidate.

John McCain Senator from Arizona Starting as a marginal candidate for president, John McCain emerged as a threat to Gov. George W. Bush in the primaries, attracting independents and Democrats.

Several said they felt pressure to approve marginal candidates.

With so many marginal candidates like herself in the campaign, she was asked, is she getting her messages across?

Today's media cycle presents even marginal candidates with endless opportunities to generate headlines that burnish their brands.

There are many other variations on the theme of finding room in the future for marginal candidates.

One critical factor in the rise in support for marginal candidates was the similarities in the platforms of the main candidates, Mr. Chirac and Mr. Jospin.