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- ▪ a famous man who is particularly popular and praised for his achievements in his native area
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Favorite son is a political term. At the quadrennial American national political party conventions, a state delegation sometimes nominates a presidential candidate from the state, or less often from the state's region, who is not a viable candidate in the view of other delegations, and votes for this candidate in the initial ballot. The technique allows state leaders to negotiate with leading cand... Wikipedia