We found 1 definitions of electioneerings from 1 different sources.
NounPlural: electioneerings |
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electioneering - persuasion of voters in a political campaign | ||
bell ringing, canvassing | ||
suasion, persuasion the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action | ||
electioneering - the campaign of a candidate to be elected | ||
campaigning, candidacy, candidature, political campaign | ||
crusade, campaign, effort, cause, movement, drive any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims | ||
whistle-stop tour a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited; "in 1948 Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours" | ||
front-porch campaign, front-porch campaigning a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel; "William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896"; "her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign" | ||
hustings the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making) | ||
whispering campaign the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate |