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

Fresh off a recent campaign visit to Michigan, Vance above all aimed at Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, who the vice president has attacked aggressively for invoking his wife, Usha Vance, on the campaign trail. — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

Frustration with Fetterman has been building Fetterman had a stroke on the campaign trail before winning his Senate seat in 2022 and then was hospitalized for clinical depression in the first months of his term. — Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

On the campaign trail, he's billed himself as an independent voice for New Hampshire. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Data centers have become a major political flashpoint in Iowa, sparking fierce debates in town halls, council chambers and on the campaign trail. — Marissa Payne, Des Moines Register, 9 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for campaign trail

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