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stalking horse

 noun
     
stalking horse [countable]
PPV someone or something that hides someone's true purpose, especially a politician who says they want their leader's job when the real plan is that another, more important politician should get it
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abstain abstention adopt ballot ballot box by-election cloture constituency constituent deliver deposit deselect division doorstep elect election elective elector electoral electorate exit poll franchise general election lobby majority motion no plurality poll polling polling booth polling station pollster PR primary primary election proportional representation recount re-elect referendum resolution resolve return rig run run-off show of hands slate spoil sponsor(n) sponsor(v) stronghold suffrage teller vote vote of confidence voter ward write-in X yea yes

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