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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Braun also railed about IEDC’s lack of transparency on the 2024 campaign trail.
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Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
While on the campaign trail, Mazuera Arias said opponents characterized him as anti-development and anti-business.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
Join McBride on her journey from the campaign trail to Washington DC in this powerful political documentary.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
Even without critical support, Baumbach, Clooney, and co-stars like Adam Sandler and Laura Dern hitting the campaign trail should be enough to keep the movie in the Oscar mix.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
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Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
While on the campaign trail, Mazuera Arias said opponents characterized him as anti-development and anti-business.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
Join McBride on her journey from the campaign trail to Washington DC in this powerful political documentary.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
Even without critical support, Baumbach, Clooney, and co-stars like Adam Sandler and Laura Dern hitting the campaign trail should be enough to keep the movie in the Oscar mix.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for campaign trail
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“Campaign trail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campaign%20trail. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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