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"consensus candidate" is a person chosen or agreed upon by a group of people, where there is general agreement or a shared opinion. They are often selected because they are acceptable or satisfactory to everyone involved.
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- In fact, they all insisted on primaries and no suggestion of consensus candidate came up. (dailypost.ng)
- the division is about unjustly producing consensus candidate for political office. (punchng.com)
- Old Etonian, but position as head of MPs» anti-sleaze watchdog could see him emerge as consensus candidate. (independent.co.uk)
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