A candidate in the Catholic Church is someone in the process of becoming a member of the Catholic faith who has already been baptized in another Christian Church by means recognized by the Catholic Church (i.e. done in the name of the Father, Son, & Holy Spirit). A person converting who has not been previously baptized is known as a Catechumen.
The Catholic president candidate that ran in 1928 was Al Smith.
The word 'coattails' has a special meaning in terms of governmental elections. It particularly is used in terms of the political influence of a strong presidential candidate. Such a candidate causes other party members to be elected or re-elected just by being in the same party as the popular, respected candidate. It's called 'getting people elected on someone else's coattails'.
Prospective candidate
The official title of a candidate for holy orders is "seminarian" in the Roman Catholic Church.
A person who will be receiving the Catholic Sacrament of Confirmation is usually referred to as a Candidate.
You are usually called a Candidate
Al Smith was the first Catholic candidate for a regular political party who did not win the election.
His age and the fact that he was Catholic.
That person is usually called a sponsor.
That person is usually called a sponsor.
The candidate has a master's degree, which is a postgraduate qualification obtained after completing a bachelor's degree.
A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote for a candidate precisely because of the candidate's permissive stand on abortion and/or euthanasia. When a Catholic does not share a candidate's stand in favour of abortion and/or euthanasia, but votes for that candidate for other reasons, it is considered remote material cooperation, which can be permitted in the presence of proportionate reasons.