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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Her party sent members to New York to study Mamdani's winning ways on the campaign trail.
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Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 4 Dec. 2025
On the campaign trail, the president pledged to bring down inflation.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Former Vice President Kamala Harris returned to the campaign trail for the first time since 2024 to urge voters to get to the polls.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Dec. 2025
The president had sued CBS News, accusing them of deceptively editing former Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 campaign trail appearance on 60 Minutes, per reporting by Reuters.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
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Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 4 Dec. 2025
On the campaign trail, the president pledged to bring down inflation.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Former Vice President Kamala Harris returned to the campaign trail for the first time since 2024 to urge voters to get to the polls.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Dec. 2025
The president had sued CBS News, accusing them of deceptively editing former Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 campaign trail appearance on 60 Minutes, per reporting by Reuters.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 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 13 Dec. 2025.
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