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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Some Democrats revive the promise of single-payer healthcare Some of the sharpest exchanges occurred over single-payer healthcare, a policy vision that Newsom embraced on the campaign trail and abandoned in office when faced with the daunting price tag and political hurdles.
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Ben Paviour
may 6, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
The event was out of the ordinary for Obama, who rarely appears with politicians off the campaign trail.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Shapiro, who is just beginning to hit the campaign trail, wants voters to give Democrats control of the state legislature for the first time in decades.
—CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
While out on the campaign trail for student body president as a junior in 1974, Kempthorne also met his future wife, Patricia, when the two were undergraduates in Moscow.
—Idaho Statesman, 25 Apr. 2026
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Ben Paviour
may 6, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
The event was out of the ordinary for Obama, who rarely appears with politicians off the campaign trail.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Shapiro, who is just beginning to hit the campaign trail, wants voters to give Democrats control of the state legislature for the first time in decades.
—CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
While out on the campaign trail for student body president as a junior in 1974, Kempthorne also met his future wife, Patricia, when the two were undergraduates in Moscow.
—Idaho Statesman, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Campaign trail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campaign%20trail. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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