Answer: carpetbaggers

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CARPETBAGGERSOutsiders in the political arena
carpetbaggersA person perceived as an unscrupulous opportunist
carpetbaggersCARPETBAGGER, a Northerner in the South after the American Civil War usually seeking private gain under the reconstruction governments
carpetbaggersA political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections
carpetbaggers(in the US) A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction