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write-in candidate

candidate in an election whose name does not appear on the ballot, but for whom voters may vote nonetheless by writing in the person's name
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write-in candidate

Summary

write-in candidate is a political candidate[1]. It draws 438 Wikipedia views per month (political_candidate category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • write-in candidate's image is recorded as Iowa District 3 congressional election ballot (5140150442).jpg[3].
  • write-in candidate's instance of is recorded as political candidate[4].
  • write-in candidate's subclass of is recorded as political candidate[5].
  • write-in candidate's has use is recorded as protest vote[6].
  • write-in candidate's Commons category is recorded as Write-in candidate[7].
  • write-in candidate's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02fnfp[8].
  • write-in candidate's facet of is recorded as ballot[9].
  • write-in candidate's used by is recorded as primary election[10].
  • write-in candidate's has effect is recorded as spoiler effect[11].
  • write-in candidate's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i94199[12].
  • write-in candidate's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 10813439-n[13].

Why It Matters

write-in candidate draws 438 Wikipedia views per month (political_candidate category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_write-in-candidate_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{write-in candidate}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/write-in-candidate}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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