campaign trail
noun
: a route that takes a candidate for office to different places in order to talk to people during a campaign
The candidates talked about the people they met on the campaign trail.
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Trump and Zelensky’s relationship has soured over the last five months, ever since the pair exchanged pointed comments over Trump’s ability to broker a deal to end the war on the campaign trail in September 2024.
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Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Mar. 2025
Although hundreds of languages are spoken in the United States, on the campaign trail last year Trump repeatedly expressed concerns about migrants coming into the country speaking foreign languages.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Trump had also repeatedly spoken of his plans to restore the ban on trans service members on the campaign trail ahead of the 2024 election.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 27 Feb. 2025
There’s also a partisan cynicism embedded in this calculation—that Trump’s second term isn’t really the fascist threat that Democrats warned about on the campaign trail but a regrettable interlude that must be waited out.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
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Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Mar. 2025
Although hundreds of languages are spoken in the United States, on the campaign trail last year Trump repeatedly expressed concerns about migrants coming into the country speaking foreign languages.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Trump had also repeatedly spoken of his plans to restore the ban on trans service members on the campaign trail ahead of the 2024 election.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 27 Feb. 2025
There’s also a partisan cynicism embedded in this calculation—that Trump’s second term isn’t really the fascist threat that Democrats warned about on the campaign trail but a regrettable interlude that must be waited out.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Campaign trail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campaign%20trail. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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