electioneering

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Last autumn's presidential and vice-presidential debates were also shown on movie screens - but then electioneering is American politics at its most theatrical, the arena in which characters, narrative and set-piece events are most unavoidably at the centre of things.

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  1. Of or pertaining to the influencing of voters before or at an election: as, electioneering practices.

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  • We all know the truth: the suspension of the electioneering is exactly that - electioneering. —  KABOBfest
  • This was the dawn of a new era in electioneering, and Sawyer Miller was the driving force behind it, said Colin Byrne in the —  The First Post: Latest
  • The current brouhaha over what an Umno divisional chief said about some Malaysians in the heat of electioneering is a painful reminder of how BN has still not risen to the challenge of a totally altered political landscape.
  • In Section 203 it outlawed the use of corporation, labor union and nonprofit advocacy group funds to engage in campaign "electioneering" (mainly by running independent ads) within 30 days before a primary election and 60 days before a general election. —  Clovis News Journal : News
  • In an effort to draw a line between regular MP work and electioneering, the Green Party did not spend any Parliamentary Services money on advertising after the House rose last year, Ms Fitzsimons said. —  ScreenTalk
 

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