Meanings of cynical electioneering in English

We need a Brexit deal -so why is Johnson indulging in cynical electioneering?

Anyone who believes all this is anything other than cynical electioneering needs a thorough and rapid head examination.

Property Institute's Ashley Church says Labour's property tax proposal is cynical electioneering and could make the housing crisis a lot worse.

For all the attempts of the usual suspects to disparage the initiative as cynical electioneering, this is good governance aimed at real human needs.

I learned there that when Mary talks of bridge-building, she is not indulging in cynical electioneering blather; she is expressing a passionate, deeply-held commitment.