But suddenly they have a big job and the candidates have been courting them furiously.

If I believe the news media, both candidates are courting my vote, if somewhat ineloquently.

The comments also showed just how hard both candidates are courting the labor vote.

Then why have the candidates courted him so assiduously?

The top Presidential candidates are courting Latino voters by speaking their language - or at least trying to.

Q. I assume other candidates have courted you since Biden dropped out.

Political candidates generally court the clergy for support, although this does not guarantee victory for a candidate.

Sally Brown, 60, a retired public school teacher, is the kind of voter that all the mayoral candidates are courting.

But all the candidates, he added, had courted him in advance of a union meeting on Wednesday where an endorsement decision is possible.

This encourages candidates to court a wide variety of such minorities and advocacy groups.