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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Both Mamdani and Cuomo have highlighted their opposition to the President on the campaign trail.
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Connor Greene, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
On the campaign trail in the final days, Cuomo described himself not as a progressive, but as a pro-business, pro-law-and-order centrist Democrat.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Former President Barack Obama hitting the campaign trail this weekend in Virginia and New Jersey.
—ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
Biden has been absent from the campaign trail since then, but Martin said that Biden had lent his name to some fundraising appeals, and that he has been restricted by treatments for cancer.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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Connor Greene, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
On the campaign trail in the final days, Cuomo described himself not as a progressive, but as a pro-business, pro-law-and-order centrist Democrat.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Former President Barack Obama hitting the campaign trail this weekend in Virginia and New Jersey.
—ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
Biden has been absent from the campaign trail since then, but Martin said that Biden had lent his name to some fundraising appeals, and that he has been restricted by treatments for cancer.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Campaign trail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campaign%20trail. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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