HyperDic: front-porch_campaign

English > 1 sense of the expression front-porch campaign:
NOUNactfront-porch campaign, front-porch campaigninga campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel
English > front-porch campaign: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel.
Examples
  • "William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896"
  • "her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign"
Synonymfront-porch campaigning
Broadercampaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaignThe campaign of a candidate to be elected

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