election campaignnoun [ C ]
uk/ɪˈlek.ʃən kæmˌpeɪn/us/ɪˈlek.ʃən kæmˌpeɪn/the period of time immediately before an election when politicians try to persuade people to vote for them
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Elections
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absolute majority
- abstain
- abstention
- aye
- franchise
- general election
- gerrymandering
- go to the country idiom
- hat
- nominate
- rigging
- safe
- scrutineer
- secret ballot
- show of hands
- spoil
- stump
- vote of confidence
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Examples from literature
- Constituencies for such candidates should be selected, a special election fund raised and election campaigns organised.
- No officer should be required or permitted to take part in the management of political organizations, caucuses, conventions, or election campaigns.
- The George campaign was more in the nature of a religious revival than of a political election campaign.
- The urban black vote had become a major goal of Truman's election campaign, and he was being pressed repeatedly by his advisers to demonstrate his support for black interests.
- Their idea might have been that it was an election campaign and that election campaigns are 'dirty'.