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Meanings of electioneering in English

Portuguese
candidatura
Catalan
candidatura
Spanish
candidatura

The campaign of a candidate to be elected.

candidatura
Catalan
sol·licitació
Spanish
propaganda electoral

Persuasion of voters in a political campaign.

sol·licitació
Synonyms
Examples for "canvassing"
Examples for "canvassing"
1
Now Senator Morris Manning, currently canvassing, has written a similar political novel.
The Irish Times
2
Mr Thomson said officers were also out canvassing the Blueberry Grove community.
Radio NZ
3
They are also canvassing for a stronger police presence in the area.
The South African
4
He busied himself in canvassing his patrons and the disposal of tickets.
Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
5
Mr. Slope will be accused of deceit in his mode of canvassing.
Barchester Towers
1
Sahwah wakened with the sound of a bell ringing in her ears.
The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit; Or, Over the Top with the Winn...
2
On Sunday he heard the bell ringing from his church hard by.
Hetty Wesley
3
There is the chapel bell ringing, now, and I must be off.
Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower
4
Throw lever off from the right to center, which stops bell ringing.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
5
I hear his bell ringing every time I get a minute's leisure.
A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy
Usage of electioneering in English
1
In effect, the crucial, final two weeks of electioneering proceed without them.
News.com.au
2
Following the freshman frolic a busy week of sophomore electioneering set in.
Jane Allen, Right Guard
3
During the autumn of 1788 peaceful electioneering went on throughout the country.
George Washington
4
This year's electioneering is taking place in an atmosphere of weary cynicism.
The Irish Times
5
It's just the kind of thing that chimes with Clegg's electioneering rhetoric.
The Guardian
6
He had wasted, men said, much on electioneering, and more in gambling.
Framley Parsonage
7
His electioneering tours had been to him very valuable schools of education.
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures
8
There was no electioneering, no management, on the part of any one.
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1
9
There is other no less important expenditure necessitated also by electioneering considerations.
The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind
10
Is that the way you manage electioneering matters in our cathedral city?
Doctor Thorne
11
Father Flaherty, says I, and he is a trump card at electioneering.
Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
12
The inside of electioneering may be disenchanting, but it's jolly hard work.
A Prince of Sinners
13
So I went out electioneering for my friend and ally, Joe Smithson.
Sunny Slopes
14
Sir Peter was right: that electioneering business was Tyson's third great mistake.
The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson)
15
Berenice was listening to Mannering's account of his last few days' electioneering.
A Lost Leader
16
And he used his feet to great electioneering effect as well.
The Irish Times
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