Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pre-campaign.

Examples

  • But “Going Rogue” has all the characteristics of a pre-campaign manifesto, the requisite autobiography of the future candidate.

    Stromata Blog: 2009

  • You can support this pre-campaign now in the following ways: 1. Help us document who are the candidates nationwide who meet the two criteria.

    Robert Naiman: Would You Pledge $20.14 to End the War in Afghanistan? Robert Naiman 2011

  • At this moment, I am reorganizing my team to transition from the pre-campaign to the campaign.

    Global Voices in English » Gabon: Presidential Candidate Uses Social Media in Historic Election 2009

  • In December, Connecticut's Record-Journal reported that "in the first report the former WWE executive filed after announcing her new campaign in September -- covering the third quarter -- McMahon said she personally made 'in-kind' and 'pre-campaign' contributions that totaled $334,513 as well as $510,000 in zero-interest loans to her new campaign committee."

    'She's Basically in the Soft-Porn Business' Mary Anastasia O'Grady 2012

  • But “Going Rogue” has all the characteristics of a pre-campaign manifesto, the requisite autobiography of the future candidate.

    Sarah Palin Can Thank AP for a Sale 2009

  • But “Going Rogue” has all the characteristics of a pre-campaign manifesto, the requisite autobiography of the future candidate.

    Books 2010

  • At the same time, the organizations' business model revenues expanded by a total of $30 million compared to pre-campaign baselines.

    A New Way To Invest In Nonprofits Betsy Brill 2010

  • Saints have lost their owner and now the manager this season, with ground to be made up to live up to the pre-campaign billing

    Southampton fans already fearful of another wasted season 2010

  • Scarborough's main beef with Palin seems to be that, in his view, she just is not serious enough to be considered a viable GOP candidate for president in 2012, and despite the supposed general acceptance of this as fact, Republicans sit idly, afraid to speak out, while Palin basks in the pre-campaign limelight.

    Joe Scarborough Urges GOP To 'Man Up' Against Sarah Palin The Huffington Post 2010

  • First of all, a campaign speech (including pre-campaign speeches like the 2004 keynote address) necessarily contains something a presidential address often lacks: a request from the speaker to the audience for something, some change in their behavior, even some sacrifice on behalf of what the candidate stands for: a vote at the very least, financial support, activism, perhaps a complex and difficult change of perspective (like the "no red states or blue states" line).

    Robin Lakoff: How Not to Give an Oval Office Speech 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.