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.

Examples of campaign trail in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even so, the House is working on a reconciliation bill that would extend Mr. Trump's 2017 tax cuts, as well as add a few new reductions promised by the president on the campaign trail, such as eliminating taxes on employee tips. —Alain Sherter, CBS News, 1 May 2025

What To Know Since his inauguration, Trump has implemented a vastly different immigration vision than the one Harris promised to voters on the campaign trail. —Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025

In the past, he has been doused with a milkshake and pelted with cement on the campaign trail. —Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025

On the campaign trail, Carney and Poilievre are each claiming the mantle as the leader who will stand up to Trump. —Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025

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