"captive candidate" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1952, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, page 807:",
          "text": "Fortunately — very fortunately — the American people have a happy alternative to this bankrupt Republican campaign and its captive candidate.",
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        {
          "ref": "1983, ILR Report, volumes 21-22, page 21:",
          "text": "I want to start with an immediate and firm disclaimer. Walter Mondale is not a captive candidate of the “special-interest bosses of labor.”",
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        "A political candidate who is under the control or influence of another person."
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        "(politics, derogatory) A political candidate who is under the control or influence of another person."
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        "derogatory"
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      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
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  "word": "captive candidate"
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          "text": "I want to start with an immediate and firm disclaimer. Walter Mondale is not a captive candidate of the “special-interest bosses of labor.”",
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        "(politics, derogatory) A political candidate who is under the control or influence of another person."
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