stump speech

noun

US

: a speech that is made many times by a politician who is traveling to different places during a campaign for election

Examples of stump speech in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are campaign posters, a jingle blaring over loudspeakers, television cameras, lots of handshakes and selfies, and, of course, a stump speech full of pledges as well as barbs for the rival candidate. —ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026

Trump made the low cost of gas a staple in his stump speech and gave it a central spot in his State of the Union address a few weeks ago. —Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026

The stump speech that voters — or would-be voters — get about this time of year entails platitudes about exercising rights, not sitting on the sidelines, using your voice and so on. —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026

The event at The Potter’s House of Fort Worth church was formatted as an interview rather than a traditional stump speech, with community activist Sara Fairley Luna moderating the conversation. —Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2026

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