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the state of asking strangers to trust you with power, loudly, on purpose.
means the formal status of being a contender for an office or position, from announcement to election day.
from from latin candidatus, meaning clothed in white — roman office-seekers wore bleached togas to symbolize purity, which is either touching or the original spin campaign.
latin rootcandidus means shining white, also gives us candid
toga trickwhitened with chalk to look spotless on purpose
irony alertthe word for honesty now means running a campaign