This is one reason, he said, that even would-be politicians like himself find it hard to sell their message to the citizenry.

Plato's Academy is often said to have been a school for would-be politicians in the ancient world, and to have had many illustrious alumni.

I have great trouble with this as a would-be politician.

Politicians and would-be politicians have had skeletons in their own closets rattled.

The film focuses on an African American woman who is coerced into marrying a corrupt would-be politician.

For a would-be politician, the post may be the first line on a resume of elected offices.

Max Kennedy's story did not seem that of an inept, would-be politician.

Margaret Thatcher shaped me as a girl, a woman, and a would-be politician".

That "mess" has discouraged many would-be politicians from trying to build a career here.

Indeed, to many would-be immigrant politicians, the party is often seen as more of a hindrance than a help.