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
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His stump speech includes a direct appeal to young people like Szépvölgyi who are contemplating leaving Hungary.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Fishback started his stump speech by ad-libbing.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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
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
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Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Fishback started his stump speech by ad-libbing.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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
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
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