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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On the campaign trail, Mamdani vowed to expand the voucher program, which is seen as a lifeline to help people out of homelessness, and criticized then-Mayor Adams for trying to halt it.
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Perhaps the campaign trail is too demanding?
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Roy spent a month on the campaign trail with DeSantis, mostly in Iowa.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
In this 2017 file photo, Jon Ossoff, then a Democratic candidate for Congress, meets with his supporters and volunteers at the Sandy Springs Canvass Launch for his final day on the campaign trail.
—Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 19 Mar. 2026
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Perhaps the campaign trail is too demanding?
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Roy spent a month on the campaign trail with DeSantis, mostly in Iowa.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
In this 2017 file photo, Jon Ossoff, then a Democratic candidate for Congress, meets with his supporters and volunteers at the Sandy Springs Canvass Launch for his final day on the campaign trail.
—Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 19 Mar. 2026
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 26 Mar. 2026.
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