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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This all comes as Trump promised to carry out the largest deportation in U.S. story on the campaign trail and signed several executive orders seeking to crack down on immigration since January.
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025
On the campaign trail and throughout his first term, the president repeatedly used the familial tie to demonstrate his own intellectual chops.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Trump pledged to bring down inflation on the campaign trail
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A new poll for Napolitan News Service suggested 42 percent of respondents trust Democrats more than Republicans on inflation, while 38 percent trust Republicans more than Democrats on the same issue.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump pledged to gut IRA funding on the campaign trail, and Republicans voted more than 50 times in the House of Representatives to repeal parts of the law.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2025
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025
On the campaign trail and throughout his first term, the president repeatedly used the familial tie to demonstrate his own intellectual chops.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Trump pledged to bring down inflation on the campaign trail
What To Know
A new poll for Napolitan News Service suggested 42 percent of respondents trust Democrats more than Republicans on inflation, while 38 percent trust Republicans more than Democrats on the same issue.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump pledged to gut IRA funding on the campaign trail, and Republicans voted more than 50 times in the House of Representatives to repeal parts of the law.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Campaign trail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campaign%20trail. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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